Irish/Déise Irish/Déise Numerals
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- The superscripts ⟨L⟩, ⟨N⟩ and ⟨H⟩ indicate that the word to which they are attached to causes lenition, eclipsis and h-prothesis, respectively, to the word that directly follows, where applicable.
nom_sing_n
,gen_sing_n
,prep_sing_n
andvoc_sing_n
are variables to indicate nouns in the nomino-accusative singular, genitive singular, prepositional-locative (dative) singular and vocative singular, respectively.nom_dual_n
,gen_dual_n
,prep_dual_n
andvoc_dual_n
are variables to indicate nouns in the nomino-accusative dual, genitive dual, prepositional-locative (dative) dual and vocative dual, respectively.[note 1]nom_plur_n
,gen_plur_n
,prep_plur_n
andvoc_plur_n
are variables to indicate nouns in the nomino-accusative plural, genitive plural, prepositional-locative (dative) plural and vocative plural, respectively.nom_sing_a
,gen_sing_a
,prep_sing_a
andvoc_sing_a
are variables to indicate adjectives in the nomino-accusative singular, genitive singular, prepositional-locative (dative) singular and vocative singular, respectively.nom_plur_a
,gen_plur_a
,prep_plur_a
andvoc_plur_a
are variables to indicate adjectives in the nomino-accusative plural, genitive plural, prepositional-locative (dative) plural and vocative plural, respectively.[note 1]
0
Nominal
- neamhní
1
Cardinal
Independent
Adnominal
- aonL
nom_sing_n
amháin nom_sing_n
amháinnom_sing_n
Ordinal
- an chéadL
nom_sing_n
- gach aon chéadL
nom_sing_n
2
Cardinal
Independent
- dó[note 2]
Attributive
- dháL[note 3]
nom_dual_n
[note 4] + lenitednom_plur_a
[note 1] - an dáL[note 5]
nom_dual_n
[note 4] + lenitednom_plur_a
[note 1]
Personal
- beirtL
gen_plur_n
Approximate
Singular Group
- cúpla
nom_sing_n
- cúpla de
prep_plur_n
[note 6]
Ordinal
- an taraH
nom_sing_n
- gach aon taraH
nom_sing_n
3
Cardinal
Independent
- trí[note 2]
Attributive
- tríH
nom_plur_n
(preferred) - tríL
nom_sing_n
(possible)
Personal
- triúrar
gen_plur_n
Ordinal
- an trígiúH
nom_sing_n
- gach aon trígiúH
nom_sing_n
4
Cardinal
Independent
- ceathair[note 2]
Attributive
Personal
- ceathrar
gen_plur_n
Ordinal
- an ceárúH
nom_sing_n
- gach aon ceárúH
nom_sing_n
5
Cardinal
Independent
- cúig[note 2]
Attributive
Personal
- cúigear
gen_plur_n
Ordinal
- an cúigiúH
nom_sing_n
- gach aon cúigiúH
nom_sing_n
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Adjectives qualifying a noun declined for the dual number decline for the plural number and are lenited.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Generally, the numeral particle is dropped when counting, e.g. a haon > haon.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Some cardinal numerals that qualify nouns are lenited.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
nom_dual_n
,prep_dual_n
andvoc_dual_n
conform toprep_sing_n
.gen_dual_n
conforms togen_plur_n
. - ↑ dhá delenites to dá following the article.
- ↑ Seemingly only used with persons, e.g. cúpla d'fhearaibh.