Parts of speech

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jasonleitch
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Parts of speech

Unread post by jasonleitch »

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


faoileag
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Re: Parts of speech

Unread post by faoileag »

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
jasonleitch
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Re: Parts of speech

Unread post by jasonleitch »

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for, thank you!!
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