dóú
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "dou"
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| 20 | ||
| [a], [b] ← 1 | 2 | 3 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: dó Ordinal: dara, dóú Personal: beirt, dís Attributive: dhá | ||
Adjective
[edit]dóú (abbreviated 2ú)
- second (ordinal number of 2)
- an dóú fear déag ― the twelfth man
- an dóú lá is fiche ― the twenty-second day
Usage notes
[edit]- Used only with compound numbers ending in 2 (12, 22, etc.). The word for ‘second’ is otherwise dara.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dóú | dhóú | ndóú |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dóṁaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 255
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dóú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN