deich

Irish

Irish cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  > 
    Cardinal : deich
    Ordinal : deichiú
    Personal : deichniúr

Etymology

From Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲɛç/, /dʲɛh/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /dʲɛ/
  • Audio (GA)(file)

Numeral

deich (triggers eclipsis)

  1. ten
    deich gcloch ― ten stones (also "ten stone" = 140 pounds)
    deich n-uaire ― ten times

Derived terms

  • deichiú (ordinal)
  • deichniúr (used to modify nouns referring to human beings)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deich dheich ndeich
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "deich" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “2 deich n-” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t.

Numeral

Old Irish cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 20  > 
    Cardinal : deich
    Ordinal : dechmad

deich

  1. ten

Descendants

References

  • “deich” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  > 
    Cardinal : deich
    Ordinal : deicheamh

Etymology

From Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʲeç/

Numeral

deich

  1. (cardinal) ten

Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “2 deich n-” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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