(An Tuiseal Ginideach)

Notes from Irish Class in 2008.

Usage

1.	With two nouns together, e.g. ainm fir, “a man’s name”.
2.	After the ag [verbal noun] construct. Actually the same as above: The verbal noun is a noun. Tá mé ag ithe feola. I am eating meat g. of feoil ag caitheamh amsire spending time g.of aimsire ag imirt peile playing football g of peil
3.	After roinnt “some” neart “plenty” mórán “many” E.g. roinnt aimsire “some time”
4.	Prepositional Phrases that are followed by the genitive ar feadh throughout (a time period) ar fud throughout place ar son for, on behalf of tar éis after i lar in the center i rith during time deireadh end Examples i rith an lae during the day deireadh seachtaine weekend

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First Declension – firinscneach

• End in a broad consonsant (Exceptions -lann, -óg)
• Nominative plurals are formed by slenderizing the final consonant.
• Genitive singular is the same as the nominative plural
• masculine–m1 in the dictionaries

Second Declension – baninscneach

• End in a slender consonsant, or -lann, -óg
• Genitive singular formed by adding -e If necessary, the final consonant is slenderized.
• feminine–f2 in the dictionaries

Third Declension I – firinscneach

• Professions ending in -eoir, e.g. muinteoir “teacher”, feirmeoir “farmer”
• Single syllable words ending in -eacht or -aíocht

Third Declension II – baninscneach

• Multi-syllable words ending in -eacht or -aíocht
• Words ending in -(a)íocht

Fourth Declension

• Ends in a vowel or in -ín
• Genitive singular is identical to the nominative singular
• Could be either masculine or feminine–m4 or f4 in the dictionaries.

Fifth Declension and Irregulars

Not a lot of patterns here. Some -ir, -air words