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Learning the Irish Plural displayed below is vital to the language. Irish Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers. Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Irish Plural |
|---|---|
| Plural | Plural |
| my book | mo leabhar |
| my books | mo leabhair |
| our daughter | ár n-iníon |
| our daughters | ár n-iníocha |
| I'm cold | Tá mé fuar |
| we're cold | táimid fuar |
| his chickens | a shicíní/ a chuid sicíní |
| their chicken | a gcuid sicíní |
Notice the structure of the Plural in Irish.
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Irish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Irish vocabulary.
| English Plural | Irish Plural |
|---|---|
| alligator | ailigéadar |
| alligators | alligators |
| bear | béar |
| bears | béir |
| bird | éan |
| birds | éin |
| bull | tarbh |
| bulls | tairbh |
| cat | cat |
| cats | cait |
| cow | bó |
| cows | ba |
| deer | fia |
| many deer | go leor fianna |
| dog | madra |
| dogs | madraí |
| donkey | asal |
| donkeys | asail |
| eagle | Iolar |
| eagles | iolair |
| elephant | eilifint |
| elephants | eilifintí |
| giraffe | sioráf |
| giraffes | sioráif |
| goat | gabhar |
| goats | gabhair |
| horse | capall |
| horses | capaill |
| lion | leon |
| lions | leoin |
| monkey | moncaí |
| monkeys | moncaithe |
| mouse | luch |
| mice | lucha |
| rabbit | coinín |
| rabbits | coiníní |
| snake | nathair |
| snakes | nathracha |
| tiger | tíogar |
| tigers | tíogair |
| wolf | mactíre |
| wolves | mictíre |
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