The Genitive Case. In Manx the noun when genitive must be placed after the noun that governs it. The genitive of most nouns is in form the same as the nominative.
Some nouns however have a special form for the genitive.
The article does not cause mutation in a masculine nominative or accusative. In the genitive, however, this is reversed, for, as a rule, the article in the genitive singular masculine causes mutation like that in the nominative singular feminine. In the use of the mutations grammatical exactitude often gives way to convenience of utterance, and we find in this matter occasional diversities and inconsistencies in the practice of the very best speakers and writers. The other initial letters remain unchanged after nyn. Such words as 'nyn mraar' are usually pronounced 'ny mraar' for ease of utterance, it being difficult to pronounce n immediately before m in rapid speech.