1. When an Adjective and Noun are so situated and related, that an agreement takes place between them, then the Adjective agrees with its noun in Gender, Number, and Case. A Noun preceded by the Numeral da _two_, though it be in the Singular Number, [see conclusion of Part II. Chap I.] takes an Adjective in the Plural; as, da iasg bheaga, _two small fishes_, John, vi. 9. The Initial Form of the Adjective depends partly on the Gender of the Noun, partly on its Termination, and partly on its being preceded by the Article.
The following examples of an Adjective declined along with its Noun, exhibit the varieties in the Initial Form, as well as in the Termination of the Adjective:--
_Sing._ _Plur._ _N._ Fear mòr, Fir mhòra, _G._ Fir mhòir, Fheara mòra, _D._ Fear mòr, Fearaibh mòra, _V._ Fhir mhòir. Fheara mòra.
_N._ Am Fear mòr, Na Fir mhòra, _G._ An Fhir mhòir, Nam Fear mòra, _D._ An Fhear mhòr. Na Fearaibh mòra.
_N._ Slat gheal, Slatan geala, _G._ Slaite gile, Shlatan geala, _D._ Slait ghil, Slataibh geala, _V._ Shlat gheal. Shlata geala.
_N._ An t-Slat gheal, Na Slatan geala, _G._ Na Slaite gile, Nan Slata geala, _D._ An t-Slait ghil. Na Slataibh geala.
_N._ Oglach dileas, Oglaich dhileas, _G._ Oglaich dhilis, Oglach dileas, _D._ Oglach dileas, Oglachaibh dileas, _V._ Oglaich dhilis. Oglacha dileas.
_N._ An t-Oglach dileas, Na h-Oglaich dhileas. _G._ An Oglaich dhilis, Nan Oglach dileas. _D._ An Oglach dhileas, Na h-Oglachaibh dileas.
_N._ Clarsach fhonnmhor, Clarsaichean fonnmhor. _G._ Clarsaich fhonnmhoir, Chlarsach fonnmhor. _D._ Clarsaich fhonnmhoir, Clarsaichibh fonnmhor. _V._ Chlarsach fhonnmhor, Chlarsaiche fonnmhor.
_N._ A' Chlarsach fhonnmhor, Na Clarsaichean fonnmhor. _G._ Na Clarsaich fonnmhoir, Nan Clarsach fonnmhor. _D._ A', 'n Chlarsaich fhonnmhoir, Na Clarsaichibh fonnmhor.
An Adjective, beginning with a Lingual, and preceded by a Noun terminating in a Lingual, retains its primary Form in all the Singular cases; for the sake, it would seem, of preserving the agreeable sound arising from the coalescence of the two Linguals; as, nighean donn _a brown maid_, instead of nighean dhonn; a' choin duibh _of the black dog_, instead of a' choin dhuibh; air a' chois deis _on his right foot_, instead of air a chois dheis.