Dictionaries

By now, you have enough Irish grammar to need many more words than these lessons can give you. You are also meeting new Irish words and forms of speech that you have not seen in these lessons. Dictionaries, grammars, and manuals will be helpful to you now. Here are some of the materials available:

Foclóirí(foh-KLOH-ir-ee)

Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla (Irish-English dictionary), ed. NiallÓDónaill.

This is the largest and most modern one. It superseded that of an t-AthairÓDuinnín (Dineen's dictionary).

English-Irish Dictionary, ed. Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

This is the leading one, offering many examples of good style and alternative expressions. The book requires patience and care by the beginner, because of its comprehensiveness.

There are smaller dictionaries, too. The Learner's Irish-English and English-Irish Dictionaries are examples. The two have been bound together into a single small volume printed by Talbot Press.

Simple grammars include the familiar Progress in Irish. For those who have finished this, the Réchúrsa Gramadaí, by Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig, is a next step. It is almost entirely in Irish, and it has countless examples of usage, extensive word lists, and paradigms or form changes for verbs and nouns.

Anois is Arís is a language manual and practice book for the RTÉlanguage programs on television in Ireland. The authors, DonallÓBaoill andÉamonÓTuathail, have oriented the program and book toward situations, and you will be able to understand and benefit from the book,

These books are readily available at Irish stores and can be ordered through many other stores having contacts with Irish publishers.

Irish Lesson 99

Practice with fourth-declension nouns

Although the fourth declension does not include as many nouns as the first declension, its nouns are ones frequently heard and seen. This lesson gives you some of them.

In most of the list, only the basic singular and plural forms are offered. For ainmfhocail fhirinscneacha (AN-im-OH-kil IR-inshk-nahk*-uh), or masculine nouns, remember that the genitive or possessive case has an aspirated first consonant (except for "d" and "t," which are unchanged, and "s," whose sound is replaced by "t," prefixed to the word).

Examples of the exceptions are: Láan Dreoilín, Wren Day; blas an tae, taste of the tea; i lár an tseomra (i law*r uh TOHM-ruh), in the middle of the room.

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Masculine (firinscneach)	\|	Ainmfhocail fhirinscneacha

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