Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ochdnar m (genitive singular ochdnair, plural ochdnaran)

  1. eight

Usage notes edit

  • Only used about persons (cf numerical noun).
  • Following noun is in the genitive:
    ochdnar bhalacheight boys
  • Alternatively, de and the dative are used:
    ochdnar de bhalaicheight boys
  • Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig
    an t-ochdnar dhiubh / acathe eight of them
  • Also used on its own:
    Bha ochdnar ann.There were eight.

Related terms edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ochdnar n-ochdnar h-ochdnar t-ochdnar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “ochdnar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN