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==Irish== | ==Irish== | ||
The irish language (Gaeilige) presents some challenges to creating a gender neutral way of speaking. Every noun is gendered in either masculine or feminine grammatical gender, with accompanied binary forms for adjective agreement, pronouns and prepositions. Irish masculine and feminine nouns | The irish language (Gaeilige) presents some challenges to creating a gender neutral way of speaking. Every noun is gendered in either masculine or feminine grammatical gender, with accompanied binary forms for adjective agreement, pronouns and prepositions. | ||
===Nouns=== | |||
Nouns in Irish are categorized into masculine and feminine grammatical genders, which in turn dictate the way nouns behave with the definitive articles "an" and "na", initial consonant mutations and the formation of adjectives. Gendered nouns correspond to gendered pronouns as stand ins (ex. masculine, Sé, or feminine, Sí). Nouns do seem to possess standard endings for the most part, although there are some exceptions. | |||
Masculine endings include the following | |||
* ending in a broad consonant | |||
* occupational nouns ending in -óir/oir, -éir/eir, -úir/uir | |||
* single syllable words ending in -eacht or -acht | |||
* end with the masculine diminutives -ín or -án | |||
* end with -ste | |||
* most loan words are masculine | |||
Feminine endings include: | |||
* ending in a slender consonant | |||
* multiple syllable words ending in -eacht, -acht, or íocht. | |||
* ending in -eog or -óg | |||
* ending in -chan | |||
* are place names ending in -lann | |||
* most countries, rivers and languages are feminine. | |||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
Pronouns in standard Irish Gaelic are as follows: | Pronouns in standard Irish Gaelic are as follows: | ||