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111. cailín, masc., a girl.
SINGULAR. PLURAL.
Nom. & Acc. cailín cailíní or (cailíniḋe)
Gen. cailín cailíní (cailín (cailíniḋe)
Dat. cailín cailíníḃ (cailíniḋiḃ)
Voc. a ċailín a ċailíní (a ċailíniḋe)


112. tiġearna a lord.
SINGULAR. PLURAL.
Nom. & Acc. tiġearna tiġearnaí (‑aiḋe)
Gen. tiġearna tiġearnaí (‑aiḋe)
Dat. tiġearna tiġearnaiḃ (‑aiḋiḃ)
Voc. a ṫiġearna a ṫiġearnaí (‑aiḋe)

113. The following nouns take te immediately after the last consonant to form the nominative plural:—

baile, a town plural bailte or bailteaċa
sloinne, a surname sloinnte
múille, a mule múillte
míle, a thousand, a mile mílte[1]
léine, a shirt léinte, léinteaċa
teine,[2] a fire teinte, teinteaċa
cúinne, a corner cúinnte, cúinní

114. The following nouns add ṫe in nominative plural, viz., all nouns in ḋe or ġe—e.g. croiḋe, a heart, pl. croiḋṫe; also caoi, a way, a method; daoi, a fool; saoi, a wise man; draoi, a druid; dlaoi, a curl.

  1. Míle, a thousand, or a mile, is invariable after a numeral.
  2. teine is also 5th. See Heteroclite nouns, par. 131.