Noun Gender

Level 1

Irish nouns are masculine or feminine. Gender affects articles, adjectives and mutations; learn a noun with its gender, as in an fear and an bhean.

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Irish nouns are masculine or feminine. Gender affects articles, adjectives and mutations; learn a noun with its gender, as in an fear and an bhean.

Grammatical gender is a property of the noun. It does not describe every referent's biological sex. Learn feminine bean and masculine fear alongside ordinary nouns such as feminine fuinneog and masculine doras; later article and adjective patterns depend on this choice.

Examples (3)

  1. Tá an fear anseo.

    The man is here.

  2. Tá an bhean anseo.

    The woman is here.

  3. Tá an fhuinneog ar oscailt.

    The window is open.

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