Editing Vocative case (section)

=====Irish=====
The vocative case in [[Irish language|Irish]] operates in a similar fashion to Scottish Gaelic. The principal marker is the vocative particle {{lang|ga|a}}, which causes [[lenition]] of the following initial letter.

In the singular there is no special form, except for first declension nouns. These are masculine nouns that end in a broad (non-palatal) consonant, which is made slender (palatal) to build the singular vocative (as well as the singular genitive and plural nominative). Adjectives are also [[lenited]]. In many cases this means that (in the singular) masculine vocative expressions resemble the [[genitive case|genitive]] and feminine vocative expressions resemble the [[nominative case|nominative]].

The vocative plural is usually the same as the nominative plural except, again, for first declension nouns. In the standard language first declension nouns show the vocative plural by adding {{lang|ga|-a}}. In the spoken dialects the vocative plural is often has the same form as the nominative plural (as with the nouns of other declensions) or the dative plural (e.g. {{lang|ga|A fhearaibh!}} = Men!)
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Gender
! colspan="3" |Masculine
! colspan="3" |Feminine
|-
! rowspan="3" |Sg.
!Nominative
|{{lang|ga|an fear mór}}
|{{lang|ga|an buachaill mór}}
|{{lang|ga|Seán}}
|{{lang|ga|an bhean mhór}}
|{{lang|ga|an deirfiúr mhór}}
|{{lang|ga|Máire}}
|-
!Genitive
|{{lang|ga|an fhir mhóir}}
|{{lang|ga|an bhuachalla mhóir}}
|{{lang|ga|Sheáin}}
|{{lang|ga|na mná móire}}
|{{lang|ga|na deirféar móire}}
|{{lang|ga|Mháire}}
|-
!Vocative
|{{lang|ga|a fhir mhóir}}
|{{lang|ga|a bhuachaill mhóir}}
|{{lang|ga|a Sheáin}}
|{{lang|ga|a bhean mhór}}
|{{lang|ga|a dheirfiúr mhór}}
|{{lang|ga|a Mháire}}
|-
! rowspan="3" |Pl.
!Nominative
|{{lang|ga|na fir móra}}
|{{lang|ga|na buachaillí móra}}
|
|{{lang|ga|na mná móra}}
|{{lang|ga|na deirfiúracha móra}}
|
|-
!Genitive
|{{lang|ga|na bhfear mór}}
|{{lang|ga|na mbuachaillí móra}}
|
|{{lang|ga|na mban mór}}
|{{lang|ga|na ndeirfiúracha móra}}
|
|-
!Vocative
|{{lang|ga|a fheara móra}}
|{{lang|ga|a bhuachaillí móra}}
|
|{{lang|ga|a mhná móra}}
|{{lang|ga|a dheirfiúracha móra}}
|
|-
! colspan="2" |English
|the big man
|the big boy
|John
|the big woman
|the big sister
|Mary
|}