ceathair déag

Irish

Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ceathair déag     Ordinal : ceathrú déag     Personal : ceathrar déag     Attributive : ceithre...déag

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcahəɾʲ jeːɡ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈcæɾʲ jeːɡ/

Numeral

ceathair déag

1. fourteen

   a trí déag, a ceathair déag, a cúig déag ― thirteen, fourteen, fifteen

   bus a ceathair dhéag ― bus number 14

Usage notes

This term is used independently, not directly modifying a noun. It is always preceded by the particle a.

"Fourteen" directly modifying a noun is indicated by cheithre before the noun (and triggering lenition on it) and déag after it.

• dhá bhus déag ― twelve buses

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceathair déag	cheathair déag	gceathair déag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.