An Móta / Moate

An Móta / Moate is a small town off the M6 motorway in Co. Westmeath

Vocabulary:
móta = moat
an móta = the moat

Grammar:
The singular definite article “an” lenites initial consonants b, c, f, g, m and p of singular male nouns in a genitive case.

caisleán = a castle
an caisleán = the castle
caisleáin = of a castle
an chaisleáin = of the castle
móta caisleáin = a moat of a castle
móta an chaisleáin = a moat of the castle

The plural definite article “na” eclipses initial consonants b, c, d, f, g, p and t of plural male nouns in a genitive case.

caisleáin = castles
na caisleáin = the castles
caisleán = of castles
na gcaisleán = of the castles
mótaí caisleán = moats of castles
mótaí na gcaisleán = moats of the castles

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