Feminine nouns

móin (MOH-in), an mhóin (un VWOH-in), na móna (nuh MOH-nuh), na móinte (nuh MOH-in-te), turf (or peat), the turf, of the turf, the turfs.

bliain (BLEE-in), an bhliain (un VLEE-in), na bliana (nuh BLEE-uh-nuh), na blianta (nuh BLEE-uhn-tuh), year, the year, of the year, the years.

feoil (FYOH-il), an fheoil (un OH-il), na feola (nuh FYOH-luh), na feolta, meat, the meat, of the meat, the meats.

Cáisc (kaw*shk), an Cháisc (un K*AW*SHK), na Cásca (nuh KAW*S-kuh), Easter, the Easter, of Easter.

dáil (DAW*il), an dáil, na dála (nuh DAW*-luh), na dálaí(nuh DAW*-lee), assembly, the assembly, etc.

poblacht (POH-blahk*t), an phoblacht, na poblachta, na poblachtaí, republic, etc.

Nearly all third declension nouns have strong plural forms, and their genitive or possessive plural form is the same as the nominative plural. Examples:

"The teachers' contract" is "conradh na múinteoirí" (KOHN-ruh).

"The lakes' water" is "uisce na lochanna. (ISH-ke).

Some common expressions or terms with third-declension nouns:

am codlata (oum KUHL-uh-tuh), bedtime, from: an codladh (KUHL-uh), an chodlata (un K*UHL-uh-tuh), sleep.

Béal anátha (bay*l un AW*), Ballina, town in Maigh Eo; from béal, mouth, andáth, an t-áth, na háthanna, ford; mouth of the ford.

tinneas droma, backache, from droim (drim), an droim, an droma (DROHM-uh), back.

ÉiríAmach na Cásca (EYE-ree uh-MAHK* nuh KAW*S-kuh), The Easter Rising.

Irish Lesson 96

Third declension nouns and practice

A "declension" is nothing more than a group of nouns that have some common grammatical characteristics, usually concerning the way of forming plurals and the genitive case. For the third declension, the characteristic is the " __ a " ending in the genitive (possessive) singular. An example: ceacht (kyahk*t), a lesson; ciall an cheachta (keel un HYAHK*T-uh), meaning of the lesson.

Here are some important nouns from this declension, each with a phrase including the noun. The purpose of the phrase is to help you remember the noun and its forms, and also to give you some useful short expressions.

Vocabulary

<== попередня сторінка	\|	наступна сторінка ==>
Grammar	\|	Masculine (Firinscneach)

Не знайшли потрібну інформацію? Скористайтесь пошуком google:

Генерація сторінки за: 0.004 сек.