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Rh Translation of the Preposition “Of.”

(a) Whenever “of” is equivalent to the English possessive case, translate it by the genitive case in Irish.

There are cases in which the English “of,” although not equivalent to the possessive case, is translated by the genitive in Irish.

(b) Whenever “of” describes the material of which a thing is composed, or the contents of a body, use the genitive case.

(c) When “of” comes after a numeral, or a noun expressing a part of a whole, use with the dative; but if the word after “of” in English be a personal pronoun, use one of the compounds of  with the personal pronouns.