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Rh eclipsis, as, he gave the money to the man; , some of the grass.

No change is produced by the article in the singular if the noun begins with, , , , (followed by a mute), or. In Munster and  are often eclipsed in the dative.

Plural. If a noun begins with an eclipsable consonant the article eclipses it in the genitive plural, as, O woman of (the) three cows; , "the mountain of the women."

If the noun begins with a vowel the article prefixes to the genitive plural and  to the nom., the acc., and dative plural, as, the price of the eggs; , the asses; , from these places.

The letter is never replaced by  in the plural number under the influence of the article. 

CHAPTER II. The Noun. I. GENDER. There are only two genders in Irish, the masculine and the feminine.

