Plural Formation

• for a definition of plural see Plural (definition)
• for an article on the inflection of adjectives in the plural see XXX

Plural type 1 Slenderization

Plural type 1.1 - Orthographic i

Make the final consonant slender orthographically by inserting an i before the final consonant. This sometimes shifts the pronunciation of the final vowel as well. /bor'əNəx/ --> /bor'əNiç/.

singular	plural
an cat	na cait
am boireannach	na boireannaich
an t-òran	na h-òrain

Plural type 1.2 - Orthographic vowel change

Make the final vowel slender by changing the orthographic vowel

singular	plural
an t-iasg	na h-èisg
am bòrd	na bùird

Plural type 2 - suffix (e)an

Plural type 2.1 suffix -an

singular	plural
an gille	an gillean
a' nighean	na nigheanan
a' chraobh	na chraobhan
a' bhròg	na brògan
a' phòg	na pògan
a' sgian	na sgianan

2.2 suffix -ean

singular	plural
an taigh	na taighean

2.3 make slender and suffix -ean

singular	plural
an clàrsach	na clàrsaichean
an rathad	an rathaidean

2.4 syncope and suffix -an

singular	plural
an t-ubhal	na h-ubhlan

Plural type 3, suffix (a)ichean

singular	plural
an car	na càraichean
an bosca	na boscaichean

irregular plurals

singular	plural
a' chaora	na caoraich
an cù	na coin
an duine	na daoine