Masculine nouns

Ainmearan fireann

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, pa' _ha' bhù ird a' c hidsin
fan fhan fh easgair
sl, sn, sr s+vowelan t-an t-se òmair an t-sn eachda
vowelsanan u isge an o ilthighe
otheranan d orais an t aighe

Masculine nouns

NOMINATIVEDATIVEGENITIVE
an taighanns an taighcoltas an taighe
the housein the house(a/the) look of the house
am bòrdair a' bhòrdcas a' bhùird
the tableon the table(a/the) leg of the table
an dorasaig an dorasdath an dorais
the doorat the door(a/the) colour of the door
an cidsinanns a' chidsinbòrd a' chidsin
the kitchenin the kitchen(a/the) table of the kitchen
an seòmaranns an t-seòma rmeud an t-seòmair
the roomin the room(a/the) size of the room

And in our conversations, we saw:

an gàrradhanns a' ghàrradhceann a' ghàrraidh
the gardenin the gardenend of the garden
am bòrdair a' bhòrdmullach a' bhùird
the tableon the tablethe top of the table