corr, uneven. Plural Mas. Fem. Singular Mas. Fem. N. Acc. V. corr, corr N. Acc. V. corra corr, corra | Gen. In this manner decline, cas, curled fras, fluent ceart, just Fourth declension. Adjectives ending in vowels are alike in all cases, genders, and numbers. ADJECTIVES DECLINED WITH NOUNS. Adjectives beginning with mutable consonants (except d or t following a noun ending in n,) are aspirated in the nominative and accusative, sing. feminine; genitive, masculine; dative, vocative and ablative, both genders; and in the vocative, plural. (23) an fear geal, the fair man. Singular Nom. an fear geal Gen. an fir gil Dat. don fear geal Abl. leis an fear geal Plural Nom. na fir geala Gen. na bfear geal Atc. na fir geala an bean an la fuar, the cold dayan maidin fuar, the cold an crann mor, thẻ great tree morning an cloċ mor, the great stone Other adjectives undergo no change in their initials, when connected with nouns. COMPARISON. The comparative degree is formed by putting nios, more, before the genitive feminine of the positive; as, geal, white; nios gile, whiter. (24) The superlative is formed by putting ro, very, before the nominative; or, as, most, before the genitive feminine of the positive; as, ro geal, very white; as gile, whitest. (25) IRREGULAR COMPARISON. NUMERAL ADJECTIVES Value Cardinal, one, &c. Ordinal, First, &c. do dèag 13 tri dèag 14 ceitre dèag 50 deic is da fitċead deic is ceïtre fitċead aonad dèag dara dèag tritead dèag, or treas dèag ceatramad dèag cuigead dèag seisead dèag seaċtmad dèag oċtmad dèag naomad dèag fitċead aonmad fitċead dara fitċead deiċmead ar fitcead aonad dèag ar fitċead da fitċead deicmead ar da fitcead tri fitċead deicmead ar tri fitċead ceïtre fitċead deiċmead ar ceïtre fitċead 90 There are four personal pronouns; viz. me, I; tu, thou; se, or e, he; si, or i, she. In declining these pronouns, the nominative and accusative are commonly alike; the vocative wanting, except in the second person; and the ablative is formed by prefixing various prepositions, exhibited under the title of compound pronouns. The genitives of the personal pronouns are called possessives; viz. mo, my; do, thy; ar, our; bur, your; a, his, her, its, their. When mo, do, ar, a, are preceded by the prepositions le, with; ua, from; do, to; ann, in; they are abbreviated in the following manner: A, who, which, an te, an ti, who, which, that, ce be, whoever. (30) INTERROGATIVE. Creud? go de? what? masc. cia? ce? fem. ci? plural, ciad? who? what? which? cạ? what? (31) DEMONSTRATIVE. So, this, these, sin, that, those, ud, yonder. (32) COMPOUND. |