Adjectives After Slender Plurals

Level 3

A plural adjective is lenited after many nouns with a slender-ending plural: fir mhóra. Contrast vowel-ending plural noun phrases.

How It Works

A plural adjective is lenited after many nouns with a slender-ending plural: fir mhóra. Contrast vowel-ending plural noun phrases.

After many slender-ending common-case plural nouns, the following plural adjective is lenited. Fir takes mhóra in fir mhóra. Compare vowel-ending plural nouns such as cailíní, whose following adjective does not acquire lenition from this particular rule.

Examples (3)

  1. Tá fir mhóra anseo.

    There are big men here.

  2. Feicim báid bheaga.

    I see small boats.

  3. Tá cailíní móra anseo.

    There are big girls here.

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Adjectives After Slender PluralsLevel 3

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Extend attributive adjective agreement to a slender-ending plural noun.