An Chanáil Ríoga / Royal Canal

An Chanáil Ríoga / Royal Canal is a 145 km long canal between River Liffey and Longford

Vocabulary:
canáil (f) = canal
an chanáil = the canal
rí (m) = king
banríon (f) = queen
ríoga = royal, regal
ríocht (f) = kingdom

Grammar:
There are two genders in Irish language – masculine (m) and feminine (f).
Feminine nouns starting with b, c, f, g, m and p are lenited after the singular definite article “an” in nominative. Masculine nouns are not.

canáil (f) > an chanáil
banríon (f) > an bhanríon
bean (f) = woman > an bhean = the woman
but
fear (m) = man > an fear = the man
buachaill (m) boy > an buachaill = the boy

Feminine nouns starting with other consonants are not lenited.

ríocht (f) > an ríocht

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