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Preface and Acknowledgments | p. ix |
A Note on Errata | p. x |
Abbreviations | p. xi |
Preliminaries | p. 1 |
A note on dialects | p. 1 |
What is case? | p. 1 |
What is a declension? | p. 3 |
What is gender? | p. 4 |
Plural types | p. 4 |
Initial consonant changes and prefixes | p. 5 |
Articles, mutations, gender, number, and case | p. 11 |
Prepositions with and without articles | p. 12 |
Mutations without determiners | p. 13 |
Broad/slender and vowel changes | p. 14 |
Syncope | p. 16 |
An important note about vocatives, rare plurals, and rare words | p. 17 |
Inflecting Irish Nouns: Singular Declensions | p. 19 |
All singular cases are the same | p. 22 |
Genitive formed by attenuation | p. 22 |
Attenuation with orthographic -i- | p. 23 |
Attenuation by orthographic vowel change | p. 24 |
Genitive formed by broadening | p. 26 |
Suffixation of Schwa /∂/ (-e or -a) | p. 26 |
Suffix -e (/∂/) | p. 27 |
Suffix -e and attenuate final consonant | p. 27 |
Orthographic vowel change and suffix -e | p. 27 |
Attenuation and suffix -e; irregular prepositional form | p. 28 |
Syncope and suffix -e | p. 29 |
Suffix -a | p. 29 |
Suffix -a with broadening | p. 30 |
Suffix -a plus broadening by orthographic vowel change | p. 30 |
Final irt → eartha, final airt → artha | p. 31 |
Delete t and suffix -a, broaden if necessary | p. 32 |
Final → aingt → aingthe | p. 32 |
Syncope and suffix -a | p. 33 |
Genitive ends in broad -d | p. 33 |
Genitive ends in -n | p. 34 |
Genitive formed with -each/-ach | p. 34 |
Suffix -each | p. 34 |
Suffix -ach and broaden | p. 35 |
Broadening, syncope and suffix -ach | p. 35 |
Suffix -each and syncope | p. 36 |
Common singular ending in -ch | p. 36 |
Attenuation of final - Vch | p. 36 |
-(e)ach →(a)í in the gs. | p. 38 |
-ú →(a)ithe | p. 38 |
Irregular nouns | p. 39 |
Inflecting Irish Nouns: Plural Types | p. 40 |
Attenuation | p. 40 |
Weak plural, attenuation with -i- | p. 41 |
Weak plural, attenuation by orthographic vowel change | p. 42 |
Forms ending in -ch; -(a)igh | p. 43 |
Suffix schwa /∂/ (orthographic -e or -a) | p. 44 |
Suffix -e broaden base for gp. | p. 44 |
Suffix -a | p. 44 |
Suffix -a and broadening | p. 45 |
Irregular forms with weak -a or -e suffix | p. 46 |
Suffix -e with syncope, attenuate if necessary | p. 46 |
Suffix -a with broadening if necessary | p. 47 |
Suffix -a and syncope | p. 47 |
Suffix -n and suffix -a | p. 47 |
Irregular forms with -a or -e suffix. | p. 48 |
suffixation of /i:/ (-(a)í) | p. 48 |
Suffix -í | p. 48 |
Suffix -d, suffix -í, and attenuate | p. 49 |
Syncope and suffix -í | p. 50 |
Delete final schwa, replace with /i:/ (-e →í) | p. 50 |
Suffix -aí | p. 50 |
Delete final schwa, replace with /i:/ (-a →aí) | p. 51 |
Change -(e)adh →(a)í and (e)ach →(a)í | p. 51 |
Delete final schwa of genitive, replace with /i:/ -e →í and -a →aí | p. 52 |
Irregular forms with -(a)í suffix | p. 52 |
Suffixation of -eanna, -anna, -onna, -nna | p. 52 |
Suffix -eanna | p. 53 |
Suffix -anna | p. 53 |
Suffix -anna with broadening | p. 53 |
Suffix -nna | p. 54 |
Suffix -onna | p. 54 |
Irregular forms with -(e)anna suffix | p. 54 |
Suffixation of -eacha, -acha, -ocha, -cha | p. 55 |
Suffix -eacha | p. 55 |
Suffix -eacha and syncope | p. 55 |
Suffix -acha | p. 56 |
Suffix -acha with broadening | p. 56 |
Suffix -acha with syncope and broadening | p. 57 |
Suffix -cha | p. 57 |
Suffix -ocha | p. 57 |
Irregular forms with -(e)acha | p. 58 |
Suffix -ta, -te, -tha, -the | p. 58 |
Suffix -(i)te, attenuate if necessary | p. 58 |
Delete final -e, suffix -te | p. 59 |
Suffix -ta, broaden if necessary | p. 59 |
Suffix -(i)the | p. 59 |
Shorten vowel, suffix -ithe/-the | p. 60 |
Suffix -tha, broaden if necessary | p. 60 |
Rare: Delete final syllable, suffix -te | p. 61 |
Rare: Suffix -(e)anta | p. 61 |
Other irregular forms with -ta/-te/-tha/-the | p. 61 |
Irregular Nouns | p. 62 |
Pronouns | p. 63 |
Verbal Nouns | p. 66 |
1,200 Irish Nouns | p. 77 |
10,000 Irish nouns | p. 145 |
The Declension of Adjectives | p. 281 |
Mutations | p. 281 |
Singular adjectival declension classes | p. 282 |
Plural types | p. 282 |
No change in the plural | p. 282 |
Suffixation of schwa /∂/ written as -e or -a | p. 283 |
Irregular adjectival plurals | p. 283 |
Common Patterns | p. 284 |
2,700 Adjectives | p. 284 |
Mapping Between Declensional Systems | p. 335 |
Traditional five-declension system New ten →declension system | p. 336 |
New ten-declension system → Traditional five -declension system | p. 337 |
Declension class predictable by ending of stem | p. 338 |
Plural type predictable on the basis of the stem ending | p. 339 |
The International Phonetic Alphabet and Irish | p. 340 |
Quick Reference Sheet | p. 346 |
References | p. 349 |
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