Singular
NOMINATIVE
meacan dearg
▪an meacan dearg
GENITIVE
meacain dheirg
▪an mheacain dheirg
NOTE When the definite article
(an)
is not present, generally the nominative is used instead of the genitive:
ag lorg an mheacain dheirg, le haghaidh an mheacain dheirg
but ag lorg meacan dearg, le haghaidh meacan dearg.
Plural
NOMINATIVE
meacain dhearga
▪na meacain dhearga
GENITIVE
meacan dearg
▪na meacan dearg
NOTE When the definite article (na) is not present, generally the nominative is used instead of the genitive:
ag lorg na meacan dearg, le haghaidh na meacan dearg
but ag lorg meacain dhearga, le haghaidh meacain dhearga.
