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Plurals

Joy explains how to create plurals in Gaelic.

Most Gaelic nouns have only one plural form. Always check your dictionary to see what it is. There are two main types of endings: 

  • Endings of e (an)  
  • Slenderisation 

We will give you a very brief overview of these two types using vocabulary you have already met. 

+ (e) anradanradainrats
+ t (e) ansgoilsgoilteanschools
+ t (e) achannathairnathraicheansnakes
+ (a) icheannurs nursaicheannurses
+ (e) annanainmainmeannannames
Slenderisation + eanobairobraicheanjobs
Slenderisationcù, catcoin, caitdogs, cats

 -> coin 

cat -> cait 

iasg -> èisg 

coineanach -> coineanaich 

cuilean -> cuileanan 

luch -> luchan 

nathair -> nathraichean 

caora -> caoraich 

 ->  

ialtag -> ialtagan 

cearc-> cearcan 

cailleach-oidhche -> cailleachan-oidhche 

Here are the plurals for the animals we have learnt:

coin

dogs

cait

cats

èisg

fish

coineanaich

rabbits

cuileanan

puppies

luchan

mice

nathraichean

snakes

caoraich

sheep (plural)

cows

ialtagan

bats

cearcan

chickens

cailleachan-oidhche

owls