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	*** e.g. ''tá an eaglais ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn´ agəliʃ au̯n/}}		*** e.g. ''tá an eaglais ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn´ agəliʃ au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
	*** e.g. ''tá an t-uisce ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn ~~tiʃg´ɪ~~ au̯n/}}		*** e.g. ''tá an t-uisce ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn tiʃk´ɪ au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
	*** e.g. ''tá an t-iasc ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn´ t´iə̯sk au̯n/}}		*** e.g. ''tá an t-iasc ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn´ t´iə̯sk au̯n/}}

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	*** e.g. ''tá an bóthar ann'' {{IPA\|/taːm boːhər au̯n/}}		*** e.g. ''tá an bóthar ann'' {{IPA\|/taːm boːhər au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/m´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/m´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
	*** e.g. ''tá an ~~bhean~~ ann'' {{IPA\|/taːm´ ~~v´an~~ au̯n/}}		*** e.g. ''tá an peann ann'' {{IPA\|/taːm´ p´au̯n au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ŋ/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ŋ/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
	*** e.g. ''tá an garsún ann'' {{IPA\|/taːŋ garˈsuːn au̯n/}}		*** e.g. ''tá an garsún ann'' {{IPA\|/taːŋ garˈsuːn au̯n/}}

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	= Prepositional Forms of the Article =		= Prepositional Forms of the Article =

			As in the forms above, the nasal component of the singular article assimilates to the phonological environment following it, giving one of the following forms: {{IPA\|/n/}}; {{IPA\|/n´/}}; {{IPA\|/m/}}; {{IPA\|/m´/}}; {{IPA\|/ŋ/}}; {{IPA\|/ŋ´/}}. The vowel component of the singular article is elided by the preceding vowel of the preposition.

	* ''do'' + ''an'' = ''don''; ''do'' + ''na'' = ''dosna''		* ''do'' + ''an'' = ''don''; ''do'' + ''na'' = ''dosna''

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	* At the beginning of a sentence or where the previous word ended with a consonant:		* At the beginning of a sentence or where the previous word ended with a consonant:
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns">Including masculine nominative singular nouns with t-prothesis.</ref> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ə/}} with the nasal component dropped.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns">Including masculine nominative singular nouns with t-prothesis.</ref> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ə/}} with the nasal component dropped.
			*** e.g. ''an bóthar'' {{IPA\|/ə boːhər/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ɪ/}} with the nasal component dropped.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ɪ/}} with the nasal component dropped.
			*** e.g. ''an ceann'' {{IPA\|/ɪ k´au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a broad environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns">Not including masculine nominative singular nouns where t-prothesis would be applied.</ref> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ən/}}.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a broad environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns">Not including masculine nominative singular nouns where t-prothesis would be applied.</ref> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ən/}}.
			*** e.g. ''an abhainn'' {{IPA\|/ən ə̯uŋ´/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a slender environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ɪn´/}}.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a slender environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ɪn´/}}.
			*** e.g. ''an eaglais'' {{IPA\|/ɪn´ agəliʃ/}}
	* Where the previous word ended with a vowel:		* Where the previous word ended with a vowel:
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a broad environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a broad environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an abhainn ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn ə̯uŋ´ au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a slender environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a slender environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an eaglais ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn´ agəliʃ au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an t-uisce ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn tiʃg´ɪ au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an t-iasc ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn´ t´iə̯sk au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/m/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/m/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an bóthar ann'' {{IPA\|/taːm boːhər au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/m´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/m´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an bhean ann'' {{IPA\|/taːm´ v´an au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ŋ/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ŋ/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an garsún ann'' {{IPA\|/taːŋ garˈsuːn au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ŋ´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ŋ´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an ceann ann'' {{IPA\|/taːŋ´ k´au̯n au̯n/}}

	= Prepositional Forms of the Article =		= Prepositional Forms of the Article =

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	{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"		{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
	\|+ Forms of the article		\|+ Forms of the article<ref>Concept for the table borrowed from An Loingseach's YouTube video on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1yjFpkdvkE ''Pronunciation & History of the Definite Article ("The") in Irish/Gaelic/Goidelic'']</ref>
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	! Masc. Sg.		! Masc. Sg.

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Introduction here

= Declension and Mutation =

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Forms of the article
!
! Masc. Sg.
! Fem. Sg.
! Plural
|-
! Nom.
| ''an''<ref group="note">In the nominative singular, masculine nouns with word initial vowels take t-prothesis, e.g. ''an t-uisce''</ref>
| ''anL''
| ''naH''
|-
! Gen.
| ''anL''
| ''naH''
| ''naN''
|}

= Pronunciation =

* ''na'' is always pronounced as {{IPA|/nə/}}.
* At the beginning of a sentence or where the previous word ended with a consonant:
if the qualifying noun begins with a broad consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns">Including masculine nominative singular nouns with t-prothesis.</ref> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA|/ə/}} with the nasal component dropped.
if the qualifying noun begins with a slender consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA|/ɪ/}} with the nasal component dropped.
if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a broad environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns">Not including masculine nominative singular nouns where t-prothesis would be applied.</ref> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA|/ən/}}.
if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a slender environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA|/ɪn´/}}.
* Where the previous word ended with a vowel:
if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a broad environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a slender environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
if the qualifying noun begins with a broad coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
if the qualifying noun begins with a slender coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
if the qualifying noun begins with a broad labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA|/m/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
if the qualifying noun begins with a slender labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA|/m´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
if the qualifying noun begins with a broad dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA|/ŋ/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
if the qualifying noun begins with a slender dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA|/ŋ´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.

= Prepositional Forms of the Article =

* ''do'' + ''an'' = ''don''; ''do'' + ''na'' = ''dosna''
* ''de'' + ''an'' = ''den''; ''de'' + ''na'' = ''desna''
* ''ag'' + ''an'' = ''aigen''; ''ag'' + ''na'' = ''aigesna''
* ''le'' + ''an'' = ''leis an''; ''le'' + ''na'' = ''leisna''
* ''ó'' + ''an'' = ''ón''; ''ó'' + ''na'' = ''ósna''
* ''fé'' + ''an'' = ''fén''; ''fé'' + ''na'' = ''fésna''
* ''i'' + ''an'' = ''insan'';<ref group="note">Often reduced to ''sa'' before a consonant or ''san'' before a vowel.</ref> ''i'' + ''na'' = ''insna''<ref group="note">Often reduced to ''sna''.</ref>

= Notes =

<references group="note"/>

= References =

<references />

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	*** e.g. ''tá an eaglais ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn´ agəliʃ au̯n/}}		*** e.g. ''tá an eaglais ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn´ agəliʃ au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
	*** e.g. ''tá an t-uisce ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn ~~tiʃg´ɪ~~ au̯n/}}		*** e.g. ''tá an t-uisce ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn tiʃk´ɪ au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
	*** e.g. ''tá an t-iasc ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn´ t´iə̯sk au̯n/}}		*** e.g. ''tá an t-iasc ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn´ t´iə̯sk au̯n/}}

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	*** e.g. ''tá an bóthar ann'' {{IPA\|/taːm boːhər au̯n/}}		*** e.g. ''tá an bóthar ann'' {{IPA\|/taːm boːhər au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/m´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/m´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
	*** e.g. ''tá an ~~bhean~~ ann'' {{IPA\|/taːm´ ~~v´an~~ au̯n/}}		*** e.g. ''tá an peann ann'' {{IPA\|/taːm´ p´au̯n au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ŋ/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ŋ/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
	*** e.g. ''tá an garsún ann'' {{IPA\|/taːŋ garˈsuːn au̯n/}}		*** e.g. ''tá an garsún ann'' {{IPA\|/taːŋ garˈsuːn au̯n/}}

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	* At the beginning of a sentence or where the previous word ended with a consonant:		* At the beginning of a sentence or where the previous word ended with a consonant:
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns">Including masculine nominative singular nouns with t-prothesis.</ref> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ə/}} with the nasal component dropped.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns">Including masculine nominative singular nouns with t-prothesis.</ref> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ə/}} with the nasal component dropped.
			*** e.g. ''an bóthar'' {{IPA\|/ə boːhər/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ɪ/}} with the nasal component dropped.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ɪ/}} with the nasal component dropped.
			*** e.g. ''an ceann'' {{IPA\|/ɪ k´au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a broad environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns">Not including masculine nominative singular nouns where t-prothesis would be applied.</ref> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ən/}}.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a broad environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns">Not including masculine nominative singular nouns where t-prothesis would be applied.</ref> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ən/}}.
			*** e.g. ''an abhainn'' {{IPA\|/ən ə̯uŋ´/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a slender environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ɪn´/}}.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a slender environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ɪn´/}}.
			*** e.g. ''an eaglais'' {{IPA\|/ɪn´ agəliʃ/}}
	* Where the previous word ended with a vowel:		* Where the previous word ended with a vowel:
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a broad environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a broad environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an abhainn ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn ə̯uŋ´ au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a slender environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a vowel in a slender environment,<ref group="note" name="without masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an eaglais ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn´ agəliʃ au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an t-uisce ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn tiʃg´ɪ au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender coronal consonant,<ref group="note" name="with masculine nouns"/> ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/n´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an t-iasc ann'' {{IPA\|/taːn´ t´iə̯sk au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/m/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/m/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an bóthar ann'' {{IPA\|/taːm boːhər au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/m´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender labial consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/m´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an bhean ann'' {{IPA\|/taːm´ v´an au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ŋ/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a broad dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ŋ/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an garsún ann'' {{IPA\|/taːŋ garˈsuːn au̯n/}}
	** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ŋ´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.		** if the qualifying noun begins with a slender dorsal consonant, ''an'' is pronounced as {{IPA\|/ŋ´/}} with the vowel component having been elided by the previous vowel.
			*** e.g. ''tá an ceann ann'' {{IPA\|/taːŋ´ k´au̯n au̯n/}}

	= Prepositional Forms of the Article =		= Prepositional Forms of the Article =