déag
See also: deag
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish déc, from Old Irish deec, deac, from Proto-Celtic *dekam-kʷe (literally “and ten”), with loss of the first k by dissimilation.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic deug and Manx jeig.
Pronunciation
Numeral
déag
Usage notes
- Does not function as a suffix; functions as an entirely separate word. Follows the first part of the numeral as well as the noun (if any). Lenites in disjunctive numbers after dó (“two”) and in attributive numerals when the item counted is in the singular and ends in a vowel or is in the plural and ends in a slender consonant (except cinn):
- But:
- Additionally, never lenites in ordinal numbers:
- an t-aonú lá déag ― the eleventh day
- an ceathrú duine déag ― the fourteenth person
- an tseachtú mí déag ― the seventeenth month
Derived terms
Related terms
- deich (“ten”)
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. |
Further reading
- “déag”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deec”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
References
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