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==Proper nouns==
 
==Proper nouns==
  
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==Alienable vs. Inalienable nouns==
 
==Alienable vs. Inalienable nouns==
 
==Verbal Nouns==
 
==Verbal Nouns==
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Possessors in the genitive follow the possessed noun
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Possessed + article + possessor(gen)
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Leabhar an duine ''the man's book"
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
*[[Noun Declension]]
 
*[[Noun Declension]]

Revision as of 16:36, 1 October 2012

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.

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"

See Also