There are different ways to form plurals, as we saw in A1 Cuspair 4 of SpeakGaelic. Many nouns add –n | -an | -ean at the end of the word. You will also see the plural ending –(a)ichean, which is often used with short loan words from English. Other nouns slenderise their ending by adding an i or replacing a broad final vowel, in the same way we saw with the vocative and genitive case. There are also some plurals which are irregular. Try to learn the plural form and gender of words as you learn new vocabulary. You will find these in good dictionaries.
Here are the plural forms of some of the vocabulary we’ve looked at:
ADD -N | -AN | -EAN
truinnsear (m) | truinnsearan
craobh (f) | craobhan
taigh (m) | taighean
uinneag (f) | uinneagan
spàin (f) | spàinean/spàintean
lus (m) | lusan
oifis (f) | oifisean
poit (f) poitean
prais (f) praisean
garaids(f) garaidsean
ADD -N | -AN | -EAN
truinnsear (m) | truinnsearan
craobh (f) | craobhan
taigh (m) | taighean
uinneag (f) | uinneagan
spàin (f) | spàinean/spàintean
lus (m) | lusan
oifis (f) | oifisean
poit (f) | poitean
prais (f) | praisean
garaids (f) | garaidsean
Slenderise
slenderise
cat (m) | cait
curran (m) | currain
eun (m) | eòin
cù (m) | coin
bòrd (m) | bùird
bothan (m) | bothain
gàrradh (m) | gàrraidhean
snèap (m) | snèipean
sgian (f) | sgeinean
cat (m) | cait
curran (m) | currain
eun (m) | eòin
cù (m) | coin
bòrd (m) | bùird
bothan (m) | bothain
gàrradh (m) | gàrraidhean
snèap (m) | snèipean
sgian (f) | sgeinean
irregular form
doras (m) | dorsan
pana (m) | panaichean
càr (m) | càraichean
bus (m) | busaichean
flùr (m) | flùraichean
seòmar (m) | seòmraichean
forc(a) (f) forcaichean
glainne (f) | glainneachan/glainnichean
preas(a) (f) preasaichean
doras (m) | dorsan
pana (m) | panaichean
càr (m) | càraichean
bus (m) | busaichean
flùr (m) | flùraichean
seòmar (m) | seòmraichean
forc(a) (f) | forcaichean
glainne (f) | glainneachan/glainnichean
preas(a) (f) | preasaichean