Singular
NOMINATIVE
badhbh chaoin
▪an bhadhbh chaoin
GENITIVE
baidhbhe caoine
▪na baidhbhe caoine
NOTE When the definite article
(na)
is not present, generally the nominative is used instead of the genitive:
ag lorg na baidhbhe caoine, le haghaidh na baidhbhe caoine
but ag lorg badhbh chaoin, le haghaidh badhbh chaoin.
Plural
NOMINATIVE
badhbha caoine
▪na badhbha caoine
GENITIVE
badhbh caoin
▪na mbadhbh caoin
NOTE When the definite article (na) is not present, generally the nominative is used instead of the genitive:
ag lorg na mbadhbh caoin, le haghaidh na mbadhbh caoin
but ag lorg badhbha caoine, le haghaidh badhbha caoine.
