Editing Irish declension (section)

===Gender===
Nouns in Irish are divided into two [[grammatical gender|gender]]s, masculine and feminine; the [[Old Irish]] neuter gender no longer exists. While gender should be learned when the specific noun is learned, there are some guidelines that can be followed:

Generally, nouns in singular form ending with [[Irish phonology#Consonants|broad consonants]] are masculine, while those ending in a [[Irish phonology#Consonants|slender consonant]] are feminine. ([[Help:IPA/Irish]] shows the difference)

There are some exceptions, mostly dealing with specific endings and [[Affix|suffixes]]; for example, words ending in [[wikt:-óir|{{lang|ga|-óir|nocat=yes}}]]/[[wikt:-eoir|{{lang|ga|-eoir|nocat=yes}}]] and {{lang|ga|-ín}} (with a slender {{IPA|/ɾʲ/}} and {{IPA|/nʲ/}} respectively) are categorically masculine, while words ending in [[wikt:-óg|{{lang|ga|-óg|nocat=yes}}]] (with a broad {{IPA|/ɡ/}}) are feminine. This leads to some unexpected gender assignments, such as {{lang|ga|gasóg}} "boy scout" being feminine, and {{lang|ga|cailín}} "girl" masculine (the diminutive {{lang|ga|-ín}} suffix is always masculine irrespective of the noun it applies to).