nócha

Irish

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Cardinal: nócha     Ordinal: nóchadú

Alternative forms

• naocha

Etymology

From Old Irish nócha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ˠoːxə/

Numeral

nócha

1. ninety

Usage notes

• Always used with nouns in the singular; triggers no mutation:

• nócha carr ― ninety cars
• nócha bean ― ninety women
• nócha bliain ― ninety years

Noun

nócha m (genitive singular nóchad, nominative plural nóchaidí)

1. ninety

Declension

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

• “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

Etymology

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Numeral

Old Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nócha

nócha

1. ninety

Descendants

• Middle Irish: nócha
  • Irish: nócha

References

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