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nócha

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Irish

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Irish numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c] ←  80 90 100  → 
9
    Cardinal: nócha
    Ordinal: nóchadú

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish nócha.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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nócha

  1. ninety

Usage notes

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  • Always used with nouns in the singular; triggers no mutation:
  • nócha carrninety cars
  • nócha beanninety women
  • nócha bliainninety years

Noun

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nócha m (genitive singular nóchad, nominative plural nóchaidí)

  1. ninety

Declension

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Declension of nócha (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative nócha nóchaidí
vocative a nócha a nóchaidí
genitive nóchad nóchaidí
dative nócha
nóchaid (in certain phrases)
nóchaidí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an nócha na nóchaidí
genitive an nóchad na nóchaidí
dative leis an nócha
don nócha
leis na nóchaidí

References

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  • ninety”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • nócha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ninety”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “nóċa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 520
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nócha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “nócha”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nócha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, retrieved 21 May 2024

Old Irish

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Etymology

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Numeral

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Old Irish cardinal numbers
 <  80 90 100  > 
    Cardinal : nócha

nócha

  1. ninety

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: nócha

References

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