deac
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *dekam-kʷe (literally “and ten”), with loss of the first k by dissimilation.[1]
Numeral
editdeäc
Usage notes
editWhen modifying a noun to indicate an amount between 11 and 19, deac follows the noun while its accompanying numeral simultaneously precedes the noun.
- cóic bliadni deac ― 15 years (Ml. 16c10) (literally, “five years -teen”)
Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
deäc | deäc pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndeäc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Schrijver, Peter (1993) “Varia IV. OIr. dëec, dëac”, in Ériu, volume 44, pages 181–84
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deec”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language