Fwd: Re: An Irish mutation Question

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

From Antony Dubah.
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"Elizabeth J. Pyatt" wrote:
>  This may be elementary, but if two adjectives follow an Irish
>  feminine singular noun, is the second one also Lenited.
>
>  I'm thinking of something like -
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>  bo/ bhan mho/r 'a big white cow' (assuming that's correct)

Apparently it is.  I found the following examples in Graiméar Gaeilge
na mBráithre Críostaí (1960 edn., pp. 31-32):

an bhean dhubh chéanna 'the same dark-haired woman'
don spideog bheag bhídeach 'to the tiny little robin'

But I couldn't find examples in any of the other grammars.  Attributive
adjectives tend to be avoided in spoken Irish anyway.

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