deich

See also: Deich

Irish

Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : deich     Ordinal : deichiú     Personal : deichniúr

Etymology

From Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛç/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /dʲɛ/, /dʲeː/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /dʲɛ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /dʲɛç/, (before a consonant-initial word in the same breath group) /dʲɛ/

Numeral

deich (triggers eclipsis)

1. ten

Usage notes

• May be used with nouns in both the singular and plural; the singular is more common in general, but the plural must be used with units of measurement and the like. Triggers eclipsis:

  deich gcat ― ten cats

  deich dtroithe ― ten feet

  deich n-éin ― ten birds

• When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular; after nouns in the plural, the adjective only lenites after slender consonants:

  deich gcapall bhána ― ten white horses

  na deich n-eaglais mhóra ― the ten big churches

• But:

  deich gcapaill bhána ― ten white horses

  na deich n-eaglaisí móra ― the ten big churches

• When referring to human beings, the personal form deichniúr is used.

Derived terms

• deichiú (ordinal)
• deichniúr (used with personal nouns)

Related terms

• déag (“-teen”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deich

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deich	dheich	ndeich

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deich”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲexʲ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

Old Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : deich     Ordinal : dechmad     Personal : dechenbor

deich

1. ten

Descendants

• Irish: deich
• Manx: jeih
• Scottish Gaelic: deich

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

deich

1. second-person singular imperative of do·fich

Mutation

Mutation of deich

radical	lenition	nasalization
deich	deich pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndeich

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers ^(edit)

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←  1	[a], [b] ←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1
Cardinal: deich     Standalone: a deich     Ordinal: deicheamh     Ordinal abbreviation: 10mh     Personal: deichnear     Multiplier: deich-fillte

Etymology

From Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̥ʲeç/, /d̥ʲʒeç/

Numeral

deich

1. ten

Derived terms

• deicheach
• deicheamh
• deichnear

Related terms

• deug

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “deich”, 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), “2 deich n-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language