cailíní

Strong Plurals

Level 3

Strong plurals such as cailíní keep their plural shape across common and genitive cases. Article mutation still differs between cases.

How It Works

Strong plurals such as cailíní keep their plural shape across common and genitive cases. Article mutation still differs between cases.

Cailíní is a strong plural, so its noun ending remains -í in the genitive plural. The article changes its initial: common-case na cailíní contrasts with genitive na gcailíní. Stable endings do not mean there is no grammatical case distinction.

Examples (3)

  1. Tá na cailíní sa ghairdín.

    The girls are in the garden.

  2. Tá leabhair na gcailíní anseo.

    The girls' books are here.

  3. Chonaic mé cairde na gcailíní.

    I saw the girls' friends.

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cailíníLevel 3Strong Plurals

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Use cailíní as a concrete strong-plural paradigm.

Words in This Pattern

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