gular, or with a masculine noun in the genitive singular, and in the dative and vocative singular of both genders; also in the nominative plural when the noun ends in a slender consonant: as bó ḃán, a white cow; mac an ḟir ṁóir, (the) son of the big man; ó’n mnaoi ṁaiṫ, from the good woman; trí capaill ṁóra, three big horses.
(f) When a noun is immediately followed by an indefinite[1] noun in the genitive case, singular or plural, the initial of the noun in the genitive is usually subject to precisely the same rules as if it were the initial of an adjective: e.g. uḃ ċirce, a hen-egg (lit. an egg of a hen); uiḃe circe, of a hen-egg; cloċ ṁine, a stone of meal; min ċoirce, oaten meal. The letters d and t are not aspirated after d, n, t, l, s; and f is often excepted, as the change in sound is so great.
(g) The initial of a verb is aspirated—(1) in the imperfect, the simple past, and the conditional, active voice; (2) after the particles ní, not; má, if; mar, as; and sul, before; (3) after the simple relative particle, expressed or understood: ḃí sé, he was; do ṡeas sí, she stood; ní ḟuilim, I am not; ní ḃéiḋ sé, he will not be; an té ḃuaileas or an té a ḃuaileas, he (or the person) who strikes; do ḃuailfinn, I would strike.
