Masculine nouns
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The article for masculine nouns in the genitive case follows the same pattern as we saw with the dative case for both masculine and feminine nouns. Like the feminine dative, masculine nouns in the genitive typically slenderise their endings. Like this:
Masculine nouns
| b, c, g, m, p | a' _h | a' bhù ird a' c hidsin |
| f | an fh | an fh easgair |
| sl, sn, sr s+vowel | an t- | an t-se òmair an t-sn eachda |
| vowels | an | an u isge an o ilthighe |
| other | an | an d orais an t aighe |
Masculine nouns
| NOMINATIVE | DATIVE | GENITIVE |
| an taigh | anns an taigh | coltas an taighe |
| the house | in the house | (a/the) look of the house |
| am bòrd | air a' bhòrd | cas a' bhùird |
| the table | on the table | (a/the) leg of the table |
| an doras | aig an doras | dath an dorais |
| the door | at the door | (a/the) colour of the door |
| an cidsin | anns a' chidsin | bòrd a' chidsin |
| the kitchen | in the kitchen | (a/the) table of the kitchen |
| an seòmar | anns an t-seòma r | meud an t-seòmair |
| the room | in the room | (a/the) size of the room |
And in our conversations, we saw:
| an gàrradh | anns a' ghàrradh | ceann a' ghàrraidh |
| the garden | in the garden | end of the garden |
| am bòrd | air a' bhòrd | mullach a' bhùird |
| the table | on the table | the top of the table |