Grammar Terminology in Irish

Here's a list of words that will be useful if you are using an Irish dictionary, or a grammar book written in Irish. You can learn these words quickly using the free grammar module in Seans Eile.

alt article
ainmfhocal noun
ainmfhocal teibí abstract noun
ainmfhocal cinnte definite noun
ainmfhocal éiginnte indefinite noun
aidiacht adjective
briathar verb
briathra verbs
mír briathartha verbal particle
dobhriathar adverb
forainm pronoun
forainm pearsanta personal pronoun
forainm sealbhach possessive pronoun
réimír prefix
réamhfhocal preposition
séimhiú aspiration, lenition
urú eclipsis
aiceann, béim, treise stress, accent, emphasis
fleiscín hyphen
uaschama apostrophe
uatha singular
iolra plural
caolú attenuation, slenderisation
(ag) leathnú broadening
coimriú syncopation
inscne gender
sealbhach possessive
ainmbhriathar, ainm briathartha verbal noun
aidiacht bhriathartha verbal adjective
aimsir láithreach present tense
aimsir chaite past tense
aimsir ghnáthchaite habitual past (imperfect) tense
aimsir fháistineach future tense
modh coinníollach conditional mood
modh foshuiteach láithreach present subjunctive mood
modh ordaitheach imperative mood
saorbhriathar autonomous (verb)
diúltach negative
ceisteach interrogative
an chopail (the) copula
aimsir tense
siolla syllable
guta vowel
consan consonant
défhogar dipthong
an tuiseal ainmneach the nominative case
an tuiseal ginideach the genitive case
an tuiseal gairmeach the vocative case
an ginideach ranna the partitive genitive
díochlaonadh declension
deirí endings
neamhrialta irregular
comhfhocal compound word

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