Forming the Dative Case
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Feminine nouns ending in -eag (ea --> ei)
- creag a rock
- air creig on a rock
- a' chreag the rock
- air a' creig on the rock (eag --> eig in the dative)
Feminine nouns ending in -ag (a --> ai)
- lianag a meadow
- air lianaig on a meadow
- an lianag the meadow (lenited L though)
- air an lianaig on the meadow.
-Feminine nouns in the prepositional case: -article a', attenuate, lenite: anns a' ghlumaig -If there's no article then you attenuate but no lenition air glumaig -eag --> eig, e.g. creag --> air a' chreig