case:voc
: vocative particle
A vocative particle precedes and marks the case of an addressee.
Example
Slán leat, a chara ‘Goodbye, my friend’
Seo, seo anois a pheaitín bán mo chroí. ‘There, there now, my little pet’.
Ach, a Bheartla, ní hí an smólach chéanna! ‘But, (…) Bartley, that’s not the same thrush!’
case:voc in other languages: [ga] [gd] [gv] [sga]