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THE NOUN
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- tewal, dark, tewlgow or tewalgow.
- del, leaves (collectively), delkyow (simple plural).
d. Some modify the root vowel. Thus:—
- mâl, a joint, melyow.
2. In yon or on. This is also very common.
- Cristion, a Christian, Cristionyon.
- sgwer, esquire, sgwerryon.
- caradow, friend, caradowyon.
- scŏlŏr, scholar, scŏlŏryon.
- deskibl, disciple, deskiblyon.
- Breth, Briton, Brethon.
- Sows, Englishman, Sowson.
- prev, worm, prevyon.
When a word ends in k, and has this form of the plural (as most words ending in k have) the last letter becomes g.
- bohajak, poor, bohajagyon.
- marrek, knight, marregyon.
- gowek, liar, gowegyon.
Some modify the root vowel.
- clav, sick, clevyon.
- mab, son, mebyon.
- gwas, serving-man, gwesyon.
- Yet how, Jew, Yethewon.
- Kernow, Cornishman, Kernewon.
- kîf, dear, kefyon.
- gwîr, true, gweryon.
Those ending in er and ar, after a mute, contract the last syllable of the root.
- lader, thief, laddron.
This termination is the only one used for the plural of adjectives. These are rarely inflected when in agreement with a plural noun, but when used as nouns they make their plural in this way. A large number of ad-
