dóú
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dou"
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
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[a], [b] ← 1 | 2 | 3 → |
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Cardinal: dó Ordinal: dara, dóú Personal: beirt, dís Attributive: dhá |
Adjective
editdóú (abbreviated 2ú)
- second (ordinal number of 2)
- an dóú fear déag ― the twelfth man
- an dóú lá is fiche ― the twenty-second day
Usage notes
edit- Used only with compound numbers ending in 2 (12, 22, etc.). The word for ‘second’ is otherwise dara.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dóú | dhóú | ndóú |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
editFurther reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dóṁaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 255
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dóú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN