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515. The article which qualifies a noun in the dual number will always be in the singular form.
516. The adjective which qualifies a noun in the dual number will be in the plural form, but really in the dual number; the pronouns belonging to the noun will be in the plural form; and the verb may, but need not be; because in these parts of speech the dual number and the plural number have the same forms.
517. The initial of an adjective[1] qualifying and agreeing with a noun in the dual number will be aspirated, no matter what the gender or case of the noun may be: as,
| ḋá ṫiġ ḋeug, | twelve houses. |
| an dá láiṁ ḃána, | the two white hands. |
| lán a dá láiṁ ḃeag, | the full of her two little hands. |
518. The d of dá is usually aspirated, except after words ending in d, n, t, l, s (dentals), or after the possessive adjective a, her.
- a dá ċois ḃeaga, her two little feet.
- ↑ Except demonstrative, possessive, indefinite, and interrogative adjectives.
