cúig

Irish

Irish cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : cúig
    Ordinal : cúigiú
    Personal : cúigear

Etymology

From Old Irish cóic, from Proto-Celtic *kʷinkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːɟ/
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Numeral

cúig

  1. five

Usage notes

  • Triggers lenition of a following noun in the singular, but not the plural.
  • cúig phunt ― five pounds
  • cúig bliana ― five years

Derived terms

  • cúigear (used to modify nouns referring to human beings)
  • cúigiú (ordinal)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cúig chúig gcúig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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