Irish Prepositional (or Dative) Case
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:23 pm
Apparently this frequently gets called the "dative case", but strictly speaking, with Irish and Scots Gaelic that is actually an incorrect designation according to what I'm coming up with. Anyway, to the matter at hand: the example "bróg", and its dative (or prepositional) singular "bróig". How is the dative/prepositional used?
Encountering the title to the song "An Gréasaí Bróg", and nosing around a bit, it appears to me that there's no special genitive form for "bróg", but my little Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary does list "(datsg bróig)" after the entry without giving examples of its use. It's not something I see all that often, so I'm curious.
Encountering the title to the song "An Gréasaí Bróg", and nosing around a bit, it appears to me that there's no special genitive form for "bróg", but my little Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary does list "(datsg bróig)" after the entry without giving examples of its use. It's not something I see all that often, so I'm curious.