| mór-ṡeisear seaċtar |
seven persons | |
| oċtar | eight persons | |
| naonḃar or nónḃar | nine persons | |
| deiċneaḃar | ten persons | |
| dáreug (dá-ḟear-ḋeug) | twelve persons | |
N.B.—The singular form of the article is used before these numerals; as an cúigear fear, the five men.
The Possessive Adjectives.
178. The term “possessive pronouns” has been incorrectly applied by many grammarians to the “possessive adjectives.” A pronoun is a word that can stand for a noun and be separated from the noun, as the words “mine” and “his” in the sentences, “This book is mine,” “This cap is his.” If I wish to say in Irish, “Did you see his father and mine?” I say, “An ḃfacais a aṫair agus m’ aṫair” (not agus mo). The possessive adjectives in Irish can never stand alone; hence they are not pronouns.
179. The possessive adjectives are as follows:—
| SINGULAR. | PLURAL. |
| mo, my | ár, our |
| do, thy | ḃur (or ḃar), your |
| a, his or her | a, their |
180. a, his; a, her; and a, their, are very easily distinguished by their initial effects on the following word.
