Plural Formation - Revision history

AndrewCarnie: gloss correct

2022-05-31T03:00:24Z

gloss correct

Cpatton: /* Adjectives */

2015-04-10T00:19:02Z

‎Adjectives

Cpatton: /* Adjectives */

2015-04-10T00:18:41Z

‎Adjectives

Cpatton: /* Suffix annan */

2015-04-10T00:10:39Z

‎Suffix annan

AndrewCarnie at 05:10, 6 August 2012

2012-08-06T05:10:32Z

AndrewCarnie at 05:04, 6 August 2012

2012-08-06T05:04:57Z

AndrewCarnie at 05:02, 6 August 2012

2012-08-06T05:02:08Z

AndrewCarnie: /* Orthographic vowel change */

2012-08-06T04:56:51Z

‎Orthographic vowel change

AndrewCarnie: /* Orthographic i */

2012-08-06T04:56:38Z

‎Orthographic i

AndrewCarnie: /* Attenuation (Slenderization) */

2012-08-06T04:55:23Z

‎Attenuation (Slenderization)

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 |an t-ubhal
 |na h-ubhlan
-|egg
+|apple
 |}

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 Aspirate the first consonant if the preceding noun is pluralized by attenuation (slenderization), but not otherwise.
 *bord mòr --> bù'''i'''rd m'''h'''òra  (cf. gillean mòra)
 Multisyllabic adjectives do not mutate nor do they receive a suffix:

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 ==Adjectives==
 *mòr --> mòra
 *beag --> beaga
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 *dubh --> dubha
-multisyllabic adjectives don't add the suffix
+If a monosyllabic adjective has an 'i' as the final vowel in the word, the plural suffix is an '-e'.
-latha grianach --> laithean grianach
+*glic --> glice
-Aspirate the first consonant if the preceding noun is pluralized by attenuation, but not otherwise.
+Multisyllabic adjectives do not mutate nor do they receive a suffix:
-bord mòr --> bùird mhòra  (cf. gillean mòra)
+*latha grianach --> laithean grianach
 ==See Also==

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 |na riumannan
 |room
 |}
 ====Suffix t(e)an====

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 |sister
 |}
 ==See Also==

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 |}
-==Suffix (e)an==
+===Suffix (e)an===
-===Suffix -an===
+====Suffix -an====
 :{| border=1 cellpadding="5", rules="all" style="text-align:center"
@@ Line 170: / Line 170: @@
 |}
-===Suffix -ean===
+====Suffix -ean====
 :{| border=1 cellpadding="5", rules="all" style="text-align:center"
@@ Line 202: / Line 202: @@
 |}
-===Make slender and suffix -ean===
+====Make slender and suffix -ean====
 :{| border=1 cellpadding="5", rules="all" style="text-align:center"
@@ Line 223: / Line 223: @@
-===Syncope and suffix -(e)an===
+====Syncope and suffix -(e)an====
 The [[Broad and Slender]] of new consonant cluster may change., then suffix -ean or -an
@@ Line 244: / Line 244: @@
 |}
 ===Suffix annan===
 :{| border=1 cellpadding="5", rules="all" style="text-align:center"
@@ Line 256: / Line 257: @@
 |}
 ===Suffix t(e)an===
 (other changes including deleting final vowel and broadening and making slender)
@@ Line 277: / Line 279: @@
 |}
-==Suffix (a)ichean/achan==
+===Suffix (a)ichean/achan===
-===Suffix aichean===
+====Suffix aichean====
 :{| border=1 cellpadding="5", rules="all" style="text-align:center"
 !singular
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 |}
-===Suffix -ichean===
+====Suffix -ichean====
 :{| border=1 cellpadding="5", rules="all" style="text-align:center"
 !singular
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 |}
-===Syncope and Suffix -aichean===
+====Syncope and Suffix -aichean====
 :{| border=1 cellpadding="5", rules="all" style="text-align:center"
 !singular
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 |}
-===Suffix -achan===
+====Suffix -achan====
 :{| border=1 cellpadding="5", rules="all" style="text-align:center"
@@ Line 348: / Line 350: @@
 |}
-===Suffix -chan===
+====Suffix -chan====
 :{| border=1 cellpadding="5", rules="all" style="text-align:center"
@@ Line 364: / Line 366: @@
 |}
-==Irregular Plurals==
+===Irregular Plurals===
 :{| border=1 cellpadding="5", rules="all" style="text-align:center"
 !singular

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 *''for a definition of plural see [[Plural (definition)]]''
 *''for an article on the inflection of adjectives in the plural see XXX
-==Attenuation (Slenderization)==
+===Attenuation (Slenderization)===
-===Type 1.1. Orthographic i ===
+====Type 1.1. Orthographic i ====
 Make the final consonant [[slender]] orthographically by inserting an i before the final consonant ([[Attenuation|attenuate]] the final consonant). This sometimes shifts the pronunciation of the final vowel as well. /bor'əNəx/ --> /bor'əNiç/.
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 |}
-===Type 1.2: Orthographic vowel change ===
+====Type 1.2: Orthographic vowel change ====
 Make the final vowel slender ([[Attenuation|attenuate]] it) by changing the orthographic vowel