ABBREVIATIONS a., adj., adjective acc., accusative art., article asp., aspirated c., consonant C., Comharradh, Comharraidhean compar., comparative con., cons., consonant, consonants conj. conjunction d., dat., dative dg., deug (-er) the Engl. comparative suffix emph., emphatic f., fem., femininine f., fh., fichead, fhichead g., gen., genitive g.d., genitive and dative g.v., genitive and vocative ind., indeclinable interj., interjection interrog., interrogative irr., irregular L.Sc., Lowland Scots m., masc., masculine n., noun nf., noun feminine nm., noun masculine nom., nominative num., numeral obj., objective part., particle pass., passive phr., phrase pl., plur., plural pnf., proper noun feminine pnm., proper noun masculine poss., possessive poss.pron., possessive pronoun prep., preposition prep.pron., prepositional pronoun pron., pronoun Provl., provincial s., sing., singular sv., substantive verb. t.t.q., times the quantity unasp., unaspirated v., vow., vows., vowel, vowels va., verb active v.a., verb-adjective vn., verb neuter v.n., verb-noun v.,voc., vocative (-), subject of the verb