CASE. The nominative and accusative are always alike in form; and only distinguished by their con nection with some other words in the sentence, t The dative and ablative are always alike in form; and only distinguished by the article, or prepositions prefixed to them: in the plural, they always end in ib. The nominative and vocative feminine, are always alike. The genitive and vocative masculine, are always alike. (17) The first declension. Masculines, - Nouns of the first declension have the genitive and vocative singular, and the nominative plural alike. The inflexion of the genitive is formed, by adding a small vowel to the broad one, in the termination of the nominative; or, by changing the broad vowel or diphthong of the nominative into a small one; as, Voc. a baill, o spot Plural Abl. le ball, with a spot | Abl. le ballaib, with spots Corc, a proper name cat, a cat sac, a sack stoc, a trumpet poll, a pit cornn, a goblet dornn, a fist crann, a tree rann, a division gob, a bill sop, a wisp slad, a robbery, orc, a young pig torc, a wild boar port, a tune gort, a garden Singular Nom. fear, a man Dat. d' fear, to a man "Acc. fear, a man Acc. fir, men ceann, a head In this manner decline lear, the sea breac, a trout peann, a pen, pl. pinn and nead, a nest peanna Singular The genitive singular has a small increase. The vocative is like the nominative. The nominative plural has a broad increase. Singular spíneog, a gooseberry cudog, a haddock sudog, a cake sponog, a spoon donog, an unhappy wo man spideog, a red-breast feitleog, a husk cuileog, a fly cráneog, a hedgehog míneog, a delicate girlfeannog, a crow ciarog, a chafer, or clock tonnog, a duck cianog, a piece of money bonnog, a thick cake of mioltog, a midge ialltog, a bat midog, a long knife bolog, a bullock fellow bread faoċog, a periwinkle fraocog, a bilberry is hurt or whom fearnog, an alder tree piteog, an effeminate oinseóg, an ash tree |