deich

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Irish

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Irish cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : deich
    Ordinal : deichiú
    Personal : deichniúr

Etymology

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From Old Irish deich,[1] from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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deich (triggers eclipsis)

  1. ten

Usage notes

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  • May be used with nouns in both the singular and plural; the singular is more common in general, but the plural must be used with units of measurement and the like. Triggers eclipsis:
    deich gcatten cats
    deich dtroitheten feet
    deich n-éinten birds
  • When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular; after nouns in the plural, the adjective only lenites after slender consonants:
    deich gcapall bhánaten white horses
    na deich n-eaglais mhórathe ten big churches
  • But:
    deich gcapaill bhánaten white horses
    na deich n-eaglaisí mórathe ten big churches
  • When referring to human beings, the personal form deichniúr is used.

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deich dheich ndeich
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 deich n-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 77
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 343, page 118
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 345, page 118

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

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Old Irish cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : deich
    Ordinal : dechmad
    Personal : dechenbor

deich

  1. ten
Descendants
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  • Irish: deich
  • Manx: jeih
  • Scottish Gaelic: deich

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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deich

  1. second-person singular imperative of do·fich

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
deich deich
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndeich
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

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Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
100
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1
    Cardinal: deich
    Standalone: a deich
    Ordinal: deicheamh
    Ordinal abbreviation: 10mh
    Personal: deichnear
    Multiplier: deich-fillte

Etymology

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From Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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deich

  1. ten

Derived terms

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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “deich”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 deich n-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language