Irish

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Irish numbers (edit)
50
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    Cardinal: cúig
    Ordinal: cúigiú
    Personal: cúigear

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish cóiced, from Old Irish cóiced, from Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷetos. By surface analysis, cúig +‎ -iú. In northern dialects (Ulster and Mayo) the historical form cúigeadh and the modern form cúigiú are homophonous, so the modern form can be considered simply a respelling to assimilate the word to the ordinal suffix . In the dialects of Galway and Munster the modern form may be considered to have replaced the historical form, which was pronounced /ˈkuːɟə/.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cúigiú (not comparable)

  1. fifth

Declension

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Noun

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cúigiú m (genitive singular cúigiú, nominative plural cúigithe)

  1. a fifth

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cúigiú chúigiú gcúigiú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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