What are some of the common parts of speech that I'd encounter on an everyday dictionary search? I know the basic ones and the obvious ones from English but the way Gaelic is set up with suffixes and vowel change, genitive case and so on. I see certain part of speech or at least things that look like parts of speech every time I look up a word and it usually leaves me curious.
for example:
boir. iol. -an
gn. ag. -adh
fir. iol. -ean
ainm.
or more completely:
gnàthas /grãː.əs/
fir. gin. -ais, iol. -an
convention
taigh /tɤj/
fir. gin. -e; iol. -ean
house
baile /balə
fir. iol. -tean
1 town 2 township, village
If there is a comprehensive guide for this that someone is aware of then that would be great!!
cheers
Parts of speech
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Re: Parts of speech
These look like 'Am FaclairBeag' abbreviations,
In that case, you will find them all in the Help section, under Abbreviations (see points 5 and 6):
http://www.faclair.com/Help/Help.html#DwAbbreviations
The little bits like -ais, -an are the suffixes linked to the genitive case or the plural.
taigh /tɤj/
fir. gin. -e; iol. -ean
house
> masculine, genitive = taighe, plural = taighean
baile /balə
fir. iol. -tean
1 town 2 township, village
> masculine, no change in genitive form otherwise it would be listed, plural= bailtean
In that case, you will find them all in the Help section, under Abbreviations (see points 5 and 6):
http://www.faclair.com/Help/Help.html#DwAbbreviations
The little bits like -ais, -an are the suffixes linked to the genitive case or the plural.
taigh /tɤj/
fir. gin. -e; iol. -ean
house
> masculine, genitive = taighe, plural = taighean
baile /balə
fir. iol. -tean
1 town 2 township, village
> masculine, no change in genitive form otherwise it would be listed, plural= bailtean
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Re: Parts of speech
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for, thank you!!