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Heteroclite Nouns.

131. Heteroclite nouns are those which belong to more than one declension. The following are the chief nouns of this class. We give only the genitive case in the singular, as the other cases present no difficulty. The irregular nominative plurals only are given:—

NOUN.	DECLENSIONS.		GEN. SING.		NOM. PL.
briaṫar, a word	1 & 2	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	briaṫair bréiṫre
sgiaṫ, a shield	1 & 2	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	sgéiṫ sgéiṫe
teine, a fire	4 & 5	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	teine teineaḋ		teinte
beaṫa, life	4 & 5	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	beaṫa beaṫaḋ
sliġe, a way	4 & 5	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	sliġe sliġeaḋ		sliġṫe
coill, a wood	2 & 5	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	coille coilleaḋ		coillte
móin, a bog	3 & 5	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	móna mónaḋ		móinte
talaṁ, m., land	1 & 5	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	talaiṁ, m. talṁan, f.
eorna, barley	4 & 5	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	eorna eornan
breiṫeaṁ, a judge	1 & 5	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	breiṫiṁ breiṫeaṁan	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	breiṫeaṁain breiṫeaṁna