déag

See also: deag

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲeːɡ/

Numeral

déag

  1. -teen

Usage notes

  • Isn't used as a suffix, but as a separate word. Follows cardinal numbers (both absolute and attributive), ordinal numbers, and personal numbers.
    ocht (eight) + déagocht déag (eighteen)
  • Items counted are placed before the first word and the second. The word undergoes lenition where the item counted ends in a vowel:
    aon ceann déageleven (items/things)
    ceithre úll déagfourteen apples
    sa naoú bliana dhéagin the nineteenth year
    triúr déagthirteen people

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
déag dhéag ndéag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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