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. In this manner decline, beanamuil, womanly 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. Nom. an fear geal' Dat. don fear geal Abl. leis an fear geal Plural Nom, na fir geala Gen. na bfear geal 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) |