còig

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: còig     Standalone: a còig     Ordinal: còigeamh     Ordinal abbreviation: 5mh     Personal: còignear     Multiplier: còig-fillte

Alternative forms

• cóig (old spelling)
• cùig

Etymology

From Old Irish cóic, from Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰoːkʲ/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [koːɡ̊ʲ]

Numeral

còig

1. five

Derived terms

• caogad (“fifty”) (decimal system)
• còigeamh (“fifth”)
• còignear (“five (persons)”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “còig”, 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), “cóic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language