deich

Irish

Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : deich     Ordinal : deichiú     Personal : deichniúr

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛç/, /dʲɛh/
• IPA^(key): /dʲɛ/

Numeral

deich (triggers eclipsis)

1. ten

Usage notes

• May be used with nouns in both the singular and plural; the singular is more common in general, but the plural must be used with units of measurement and the like. Triggers eclipsis:

• deich gcat ― ten cats
• deich dtroithe ― ten feet
• deich n-uaire ― ten times

• When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with nouns modified by adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular; after nouns in the plural, the adjective only lenites after slender consonants:

• deich gcapall bhána ― ten white horses
• na deich n-eaglais mhóra ― the ten big churches

But:

• deich gcapaill bhána ― ten white horses
• na deich n-eaglaisí móra ― the ten big churches

• When referring to human beings, the personal form deichniúr is used.

Derived terms

• deichiú (ordinal)
• deichniúr (used with personal nouns)

Related terms

• déag ("-teen")

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deich”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 deich n-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲexʲ/

Etymology 1

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

Numeral

Old Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : deich     Ordinal : dechmad     Personal : dechenbor

deich

1. ten

Descendants

• Irish: deich
• Manx: jeih
• Scottish Gaelic: deich

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

deich

1. second-person singular imperative of do·fich

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
deich	deich pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndeich
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : deich     Ordinal : deicheamh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲeç/

Numeral

deich

1. ten

Derived terms

• deicheach
• deicheamh
• deichnear

 

Related terms

• deug

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “deich”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 deich n-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language