fichead
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fichead m
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fichead | fhichead | bhfichead |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish fichet (compare Manx feed), genitive singular of fiche (“twenty”), from Proto-Celtic *wikantī (compare Welsh ugain), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥t (compare Latin vīgintī), from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two-ten”).
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
fichead
Usage notesEdit
- The following noun is in the singular:
- fichead leabhar ― twenty books
- In the older, vigesimal system of counting in Scottish Gaelic, the numerals 40, 60, 80, 120, 140, 160 and 180 are denoted as multiples of 20, hence:
- dà fhichead leabhar ― forty books (literally, “two [times] twenty books”)
- seachd fichead leabhar ― 140 books (literally, “seven [times] twenty books”)
Derived termsEdit
- air fhichead (“twenty-...”)
- ficheadamh (“twentieth”)
NounEdit
fichead m
MutationEdit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
fichead | fhichead |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “fichead”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fiche”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language