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det: determiner

The detlabel marks the relationship between a noun and its determiner.

In Irish there is no indefinite article, only a definite article. The definite article can be singular (an) or plural (na).

Examples

an clárthe programme’

an clár \n the programme
det(clár, an)

an clárannathe programmes’

na cláranna \n the programmes
det(cláranna, na)

Two pre-determiners can occur before a noun:

Examples

gach uile ábharevery single subject’

gach uile ábhar \n every single subject 
det(ábhar, gach)
det(ábhar, uile)

Two determiners can be used each side of a noun: pre-determiners and post-determiners:

an tuairim sinthat opinion’ (an+sin = ‘that’)

an tuairim sin \n the opinion DEM
det(tuairim, an)
det(tuairim, sin)

an leabhar údthat book

an leabhar úd \n the book DEM
det(leabhar, an)
det(leabhar, úd)

an alt seothis paragraph’

an alt seo \n the paragraph DEM
det(alt, an)
det(alt, seo)

an chéad cheannaire eile ‘</b>the next</b> leader’

an chéad cheannaire eile \n the first leader other
det(cheannaire, an)
det(cheannaire, eile)
quant(cheannaire, chéad)

Treebank Statistics (UD_Irish)

This relation is universal.

1981 nodes (8%) are attached to their parents as det.

1601 instances of det (81%) are right-to-left (child precedes parent). Average distance between parent and child is 1.06461383139828.

The following 20 pairs of parts of speech are connected with det: ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/DET (1734; 88% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/DET (124; 6% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/X (22; 1% instances), ga-pos/PRON-ga-pos/PRON (19; 1% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/PRON (17; 1% instances), ga-pos/ADP-ga-pos/PRON (15; 1% instances), ga-pos/X-ga-pos/DET (12; 1% instances), ga-pos/PRON-ga-pos/DET (8; 0% instances), ga-pos/NUM-ga-pos/DET (7; 0% instances), ga-pos/DET-ga-pos/DET (6; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/DET (4; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/PRON (3; 0% instances), ga-pos/VERB-ga-pos/DET (3; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADJ-ga-pos/X (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/ADV-ga-pos/DET (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/NOUN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/NOUN-ga-pos/NUM (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/PRON-ga-pos/X (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/PROPN (1; 0% instances), ga-pos/PROPN-ga-pos/X (1; 0% instances).

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1	Seo	seo	VERB	Cop	PronType=Dem|VerbForm=Cop	0	root	_	_
2	an	an	DET	Art	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fear	fear	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	xcomp:pred	_	_
4	a	a	PART	Vb	PartType=Vb|PronType=Rel	5	dobj	_	_
5	chonaic	feic	VERB	VTI	Form=Len|Mood=Ind|Tense=Past	1	csubj:cleft	_	_
6	an	an	DET	Art	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bhean	bean	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_

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1	An	an	DET	Art	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fhíor-Ghaeltacht	Fhíor-Ghaeltacht	PROPN	Noun	Case=Com|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	7	dobj	_	_
3	ab	is	VERB	Cop	Form=VF|PronType=Rel|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Cop	4	cop	_	_
4	ait	ait	ADJ	Adj	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	liom	le	ADP	Prep	Number=Sing|Person=1	4	nmod:prep	_	_
6	a	a	PART	Inf	PartType=Inf	7	mark	_	_
7	choinneáil	coinneáil	NOUN	Noun	Form=Len|VerbForm=Inf	4	nsubj	_	_
8	amhla	amhlaidh	ADV	Gn	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_

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1	is	is	VERB	Cop	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Cop	2	cop	_	_
2	laistigh	laistigh	ADV	Loc	_	0	root	_	_
3	de	de	ADP	Simp	_	4	case	_	_
4	bhliain	bliain	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Form=Len|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	nmod:tmod	_	_
5	o	ó	ADP	Simp	_	6	case	_	_
6	am	am	NOUN	Noun	Case=Com|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	rithte	rithte	ADJ	Adj	VerbForm=Part	6	amod	_	_
8	an	an	DET	Art	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Achta	acht	NOUN	Noun	Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
10	so	seo	X	CM	Dialect=Munster|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
11	a	a	PART	Vb	PartType=Vb|PronType=Rel	12	mark:prt	_	_
12	déanfar	déan	VERB	VTI	Mood=Ind|Tense=Fut|Voice=Auto	2	csubj:cleft	_	_
13	é	é	PRON	Pers	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3	12	dobj	_	_
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_


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