Difference between revisions of "Nouns"
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| + | ==Proper nouns== | ||
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| + | ==Common Nouns== | ||
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| + | Common noun stems can be simple or compound (cf. Macaulay 1992, 207). Compound sterns are most often formed by noun-noun combinations, adjective-noun ones18, and/or by adding prefixes and suffiXes: | ||
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| + | bUth-obrach (brith 'shop' + obrach gen. ofobair 'work') | ||
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| + | mor-shluagh (mor adj., 'big'+ sluagh 'people') | ||
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| + | ro-shealladh (ro prep., 'before' + sea//adh 'view') | ||
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| + | bodachan (bodach 'old man' +-an diminutive suffix) | ||
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| + | The stem, or final suffix if present, indicates case and number. Nouns that are headed by another noun, even in compounds, take the genitive case although this is not always heard in informal speech. | ||
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| + | ==Pronouns== | ||
| + | ==Anaphoric nouns== | ||
| + | ==Mass vs. Count nouns== | ||
| + | ==Alienable vs. Inalienable nouns== | ||
| + | ==Verbal Nouns== | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Noun Declension]] | *[[Noun Declension]] | ||
Revision as of 15:35, 1 October 2012
Contents
Proper nouns
Common Nouns
Common noun stems can be simple or compound (cf. Macaulay 1992, 207). Compound sterns are most often formed by noun-noun combinations, adjective-noun ones18, and/or by adding prefixes and suffiXes:
bUth-obrach (brith 'shop' + obrach gen. ofobair 'work')
mor-shluagh (mor adj., 'big'+ sluagh 'people')
ro-shealladh (ro prep., 'before' + sea//adh 'view')
bodachan (bodach 'old man' +-an diminutive suffix)
The stem, or final suffix if present, indicates case and number. Nouns that are headed by another noun, even in compounds, take the genitive case although this is not always heard in informal speech.
