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==Pronouns==
 
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===Demonstratives===
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==Anaphoric nouns==  
 
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==[[Mass vs. Count]] Nouns==
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== Mass vs. Count Nouns==
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==Alienable vs. Inalienable Nouns==
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The [[Alienable vs. Inalienable]] distinction
  
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[[Alienable vs. Inalienable (definition)]]
  
==[[Verbal Nouns]]==
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Revision as of 13:53, 4 October 2012

Nouns (types) of nouns

Proper nouns

Common Nouns

Common noun stems can be simple or compound (cf. Macaulay 1992, 207). Compound stems are most often formed by noun-noun combinations, adjective-noun ones, and/or by adding prefixes and suffiXes:

Noun-Noun Combination

bUth-obrach (brith 'shop' + obrach gen. ofobair 'work')

Noun-Adjective Combination

mor-shluagh (mor adj., 'big'+ sluagh 'people')

Preposition-Noun Combination

ro-shealladh (ro prep., 'before' + sea//adh 'view')

Noun-Suffix Combination

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

Personal Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

Demonstratives

Demonstratives

Anaphoric nouns

Mass vs. Count Nouns

The Mass vs. Count distinctions

Mass vs. Count (definition)

Alienable vs. Inalienable Nouns

The Alienable vs. Inalienable distinction

Alienable vs. Inalienable (definition)

Verbal Nouns

Verbal Nouns are nouns derived from verbs

Inverted Nominal

Possessors in the genitive follow the possessed noun

Possessed + article + possessor(gen)


See Also