cúig déag

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Irish[edit]

Irish cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : cúig déag
    Ordinal : cúigiú déag
    Personal : cúigear déag

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

cúig déag

  1. fifteen
    cúig mhéadar déagfifteen meters

Usage notes[edit]

When used to modify a noun, cúig triggers lenition of a following consonant-initial noun in the singular, but not one in the plural; déag follows the noun.

The form aon deich a cúig was prescribed by Peadar Ua Laoghaire in the 1920s, but it is unclear whether it has ever been used by native speakers.

Mutation[edit]

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