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| NOUN. | ADJECTIVE. | ||
| tír (pl. tíorṫa), country | tíorṫaṁail, country-like, homely, social | ||
| meisneaċ, | courage | misneaṁail, courageous | |
| misneaċ, | |||
| teine (pl. teinte), fire | teinteaṁail, fiery, igneous | ||
| sliaḃ, (pl. sléiḃte), a mountain | sléiḃteaṁail, mountainous | ||
| greann, fun | greannaṁail, funny, gay | ||
| eun, a bird | eunaṁail, bird-like, airy | ||
| coṁursa, a neighbour | coṁursaṁail, neighbourly | ||
| barántas, authority | barántaṁail, authentic | ||
(d). There is a fourth class of adjectives formed by the termination DA (ḊA); but it is not as large as the three preceding classes. The following are some of the principal ones:—
| diaḋa, godly, divine | daona (daonda) human |
| fearḋa, masculine | gránda, ugly |
| banda, feminine | cróḋa, brave |
| órḋa, golden, gilt | beoḋa, lively |
| laoċḋa, heroic | gallda, exotic or foreign |
| seanda, ancient | naoṁṫa (naoṁḋa), holy, saintly |
Compound adjectives are extremely common in Irish, being usually formed by the union of two or more simple adjectives (sometimes of a noun and an
