Gender: gender
Irish has two gender forms: masculine and feminine.
Masc: masculine gender
In general, words ending in a broad consonant are masculine. Exceptions include words ending in slender -óir, -eoir, and -ín, which are masculine.
Examples
- madra “dog”
- múinteoir “teacher”
Fem: feminine gender
In general, words ending in a slender consonant are feminine. Exceptions include words ending in a broad -óg, or -eog, which are feminine.
Examples
- Éire “Ireland”
- néaróga “nerves”
Gender in other languages: [bej] [bg] [cs] [cy] [el] [en] [es] [fr] [ga] [grc] [hbo] [it] [myv] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [u] [uk]