sé déag

Irish

Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sé déag     Ordinal : séú déag     Personal : seisear déag

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeː dʲeːɡ/

Numeral

sé déag

1. sixteen

   sé mhéadar déag ― sixteen meters

Usage notes

When used to modify a noun, sé triggers lenition of a following consonant-initial noun in the singular and h-prothesis of one in the plural; déag follows the noun.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sé déag	shé déag after an, tsé déag	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.