Irish Plural
Learning the Irish Plural is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Irish language. But first we need to know what the role of Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Irish.
Irish Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers. Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Irish Plural |
| Plural | Plural |
| my book | mo leabhar |
| my books | mo leabhair |
| our daughter | ár n-iníon |
| our daughters | ár n-iníocha |
| I'm cold | Tá mé fuar |
| we're cold | táimid fuar |
| his chickens | a shicíní/ a chuid sicíní |
| their chicken | a gcuid sicíní |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Irish has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Gaelic.
List of Plurals in Irish
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Irish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Irish vocabulary.
| English Plural | Irish Plural |
| alligator | ailigéadar |
| alligators | alligators |
| bear | béar |
| bears | béir |
| bird | éan |
| birds | éin |
| bull | tarbh |
| bulls | tairbh |
| cat | cat |
| cats | cait |
| cow | bó |
| cows | ba |
| deer | fia |
| many deer | go leor fianna |
| dog | madra |
| dogs | madraí |
| donkey | asal |
| donkeys | asail |
| eagle | Iolar |
| eagles | iolair |
| elephant | eilifint |
| elephants | eilifintí |
| giraffe | sioráf |
| giraffes | sioráif |
| goat | gabhar |
| goats | gabhair |
| horse | capall |
| horses | capaill |
| lion | leon |
| lions | leoin |
| monkey | moncaí |
| monkeys | moncaithe |
| mouse | luch |
| mice | lucha |
| rabbit | coinín |
| rabbits | coiníní |
| snake | nathair |
| snakes | nathracha |
| tiger | tíogar |
| tigers | tíogair |
| wolf | mactíre |
| wolves | mictíre |
Plural and Singular have a very important role in Irish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Gaelic Plural, you might want to check the rest of our Irish lessons here: Learn Irish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.