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| + | ==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: | ||
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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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| + | ==Proper nouns== | ||
| + | ==Pronouns== | ||
| + | ==Anaphoric nouns== | ||
| + | ==Mass vs. Count nouns== | ||
| + | ==Alienable vs. Inalienable nouns== | ||
| + | ==Verbal Nouns== | ||
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Possessors in the genitive follow the possessed noun | Possessors in the genitive follow the possessed noun | ||
Revision as of 19:13, 18 September 2012
Contents
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.
Proper nouns
Pronouns
Anaphoric nouns
Mass vs. Count nouns
Alienable vs. Inalienable nouns
Verbal Nouns
Possessors in the genitive follow the possessed noun
Possessed + article + possessor(gen)
Leabhar an duine the man's book"
