fir

First-Declension Slender Genitive

Level 3

Many first-declension masculine nouns form the genitive singular by slenderizing: fear to fir. The exact stem must be learned for each noun.

How It Works

Many first-declension masculine nouns form the genitive singular by slenderizing: fear to fir. The exact stem must be learned for each noun.

Fear is masculine and has genitive singular fir. After the masculine genitive article, this becomes an fhir. Slenderization is a useful first-declension pattern, but the exact spelling of another noun's stem must be learned rather than produced by inserting i anywhere.

Examples (3)

  1. Seo teach an fhir.

    This is the man's house.

  2. Tá hata an fhir anseo.

    The man's hat is here.

  3. Chonaic mé mac an fhir.

    I saw the man's son.

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firLevel 3First-Declension Slender Genitive

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