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Rh The termination, meaning “small” or “little,” may be added to almost every Irish noun. Whenever the final consonant is broad it must be made slender (as the always remains unaltered), the vowels undergoing the same changes as in the formation of the genitive singular, but  is not changed into  (see pars. 60 and 78). If the noun ends in, drop the and add ; but if the noun ends in , drop the  and attenuate the preceding consonant; then add.

Rh The above are examples of real diminutives, but such examples are not very numerous.