ceathair déag

Irish

Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ceathair déag     Ordinal : ceathrú déag     Personal : ceathrar déag     Attributive : ceithre...déag

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcahəɾʲ jeːɡ/
• IPA^(key): /dje ˈcahəɾʲ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈcæɾʲ jeːɡ/

Numeral

ceathair déag

1. fourteen

   a trí déag, a ceathair déag, a cúig déag ― thirteen, fourteen, fifteen

   bus a ceathair dhéag ― bus number 14

   bus deich a ceathair ― bus number 14

Usage notes

This term is used independently, not directly modifying a noun. It is always preceded by the particle a.

"Fourteen" directly modifying a noun is indicated by cheithre before the noun (and triggering lenition on it) and déag after it.

• ceithre bhus déag ― fourteen buses
• deich a ceithre bhus ― fourteen buses

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

Mutation

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