Bearn
Member Username: Bearn
Post Number: 559 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 - 12:06 am: |
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WinGleacht gives entries such as gabháil ar and gabháil ag as having gender (all feminine). Question: do they really have gender? is the gender from the verbal nouns? are they feminine due to a sense of abstractness? sold!
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Mbm
Member Username: Mbm
Post Number: 191 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 03:47 am: |
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Yes, verbal nouns do have gender, just like all other nouns. And the verbal noun "gabháil" is feminine. I've just looked up "gahbáil ar" and "gabháil ag" in WinGléacht and I have to say the way the entries are presented is indeed kind of confusing: it would have you believe that the whole phrase has gender, but that is nonsense, of course. Only the verbal noun has gender, not the whole phrase. Mo bhlag sa seanchló Gaelach: www.cainteoir.com
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