The nominative and accusative are always alike; as are also the dative and ablative.

First Declension.

Most adjectives ending in consonants, having broad vowels in the termination, have a small inflexion in the genitive masculine; a small increase in the genitive feminine; and a broad increase in the nominative plural.

ard, high.

Singular.

Mas. Fem.

Plural.

Mas. Fem

Nom. & Acc. ard, ard Nom. & Acc. arda

Gen.

ard

Adjectives ending in consonants, having a small vowel in the termination, increase small in the genitive feminine and nominative plural. (22)

arsaig,

arsaig, ancient.

Singular

Mas. Fem.

Plural

Mas. Fem.

N. Ac. V. arsaig, arsaig N. Ac. V. arsaige

Gen.

arsaig, arsaige Gen.

arsaig

Dat. Abl. arsaig, arsaig Dat. Abl. arsaig

In this manner decline

Some adjectives of this declension are contracted in the genitive singular; as,

aoibinn, delightful, gen. aoibne, for aoibine aluinn, beautiful, gen. aille or aillne, for aluinne.

Third declension.

Adjectives ending in amuil, have a broad increase in the genitive singular and nom. plural.

Mas. Fem.
N. Ac. V. geanamla
Gen. geanamuil
Dat. Abl. geanamuil

In this manner decline,

beanamuil, womanly
barraṁuil; stately

Some monosyllabic adjectives, having a broad vowel in the termination, increase broad in the genitive feminine, and nominative plural.

corr, uneven.

Singular

Mas. Fem.

Plural

Mas. Fem.

N. Acc. V. corr, corr N. Acc. V. corra

corr, corra Gen.

corr, corr Dat. Abl.

In this manner decline,

cas, curled

fras, fluent

ceart, just

corr

corr

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
Acc. an fear geal
Voc. a fir gil

Abl. leis an fear geal

Plural

Nom, na fir geala

Gen. na bfear geal
Dat. dona fearaib geala
Acc. na fir geala
Voc. a feara geala
Abl leis na fearaib geala
an bean

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)