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PostPosted: Thu 21 Feb 2013 9:20 pm 
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What the title says: is it "a óinseach"?

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PostPosted: Thu 21 Feb 2013 9:30 pm 
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A óinsigh!

According to the Cork Irish Dictionary: the vocative óinsigh reflects a tendency for the declension of feminine nouns in -ch to align with masculine nouns.


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PostPosted: Thu 21 Feb 2013 9:45 pm 
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Yes but I guess it's only in Cork Irish :)
Elsewhere: a óinseach!

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PostPosted: Thu 21 Feb 2013 11:34 pm 
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Lughaidh wrote:
Yes but I guess it's only in Cork Irish :)
Elsewhere: a óinseach!



That is what I'd say.
I suppose we do genitive differently in Conamara. :D

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PostPosted: Fri 22 Feb 2013 11:13 pm 
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a óinseach!

I would say also.

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PostPosted: Mon 25 Feb 2013 10:28 am 
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As WeeFalorieMan said in Munster some Feminine nouns used to refer to women, positively or negatively, act like Masculine nouns in the vocative. This extends to their adjectives
as well:

A thoice bhig! = You little thing!
A óinsigh mhóir! = You moron!


Elsewhere though, as everybody else has said, you still have the traditional vocative.

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PostPosted: Mon 25 Feb 2013 3:39 pm 
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An Lon Dubh wrote:
As WeeFalorieMan said in Munster some Feminine nouns used to refer to women, positively or negatively, act like Masculine nouns in the vocative. This extends to their adjectives
as well:

A thoice bhig! = You little thing!
A óinsigh mhóir! = You moron!


Elsewhere though, as everybody else has said, you still have the traditional vocative.
Thanks for clarifying this – it helps a lot! :good:


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PostPosted: Sat 02 Mar 2013 3:18 am 
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óinseach would become " a óinsigh" in Munster, but the vocative is fading really fast out of the spoken language here.

Ollamh....a ollaimh

Mícheál...a Mhichíl

Cíarán...a Chíaráin

Traolach...a Thraolaigh.


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