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Other forms of the plural, particularly for some monosyllabic nouns, are made by a slenderisation of the syllable. An Cnoc (un crochk) the hillock becomes na cnuic (nuh crooichk), for example. Cnoc shows how the combination CN is pronounced like a nasalised CR, another sound unknown in English. Cnap (crahp), meaning lump or button, is similar. Some monosyllabic nouns beginning with a vowel also slenderise when plural. An t-allt (un towlt) - the stream, is masculine and changes to na h-uillt (nuh hooiltch) when there is more than one. To confuse matters, this is exactly the same as its genitive singular, which is covered below.
4.4: The Genitive Case - singular and plural
The possessive or genitive case is common in place-name constructions. Like adjectives, it gives greater specificity to nouns. Knowing the effect of the genitive on noun form in both singular and plural is essential for interpretation of place-names. It is necessary to see what may be familiar words in their nominative, in their genitive case. Changes made to articles differ according to gender, what letter a noun begins with, whether nouns are singular or plural and articles definite or indefinite ie. absent.