EnglishEdit

NounEdit

naoi

  1. plural of naos

AnagramsEdit

IrishEdit

Irish cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : naoi
    Ordinal : naoú
    Personal : naonúr

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish noí (compare Manx nuy), from Proto-Celtic *nowan (compare Welsh naw, Breton nav), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

naoi (triggers eclipsis)

  1. nine

Usage notesEdit

  • 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:
  • naoi gcatnine cats
  • naoi dtroithenine feet
  • naoi n-éinnine times
  • 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:
  • naoi gcapall bhánanine white horses
  • na naoi n-eaglais mhórathe nine big churches
But:
  • naoi gcapaill bhánanine white horses
  • na naoi n-eaglaisí mórathe nine big churches
  • When referring to human beings, the personal form naonúr is used.

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
naoi not applicable not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

Scottish GaelicEdit

Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
90[a], [b]
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: naoi
    Standalone: a naoi
    Ordinal: naoidheamh
    Ordinal abbreviation: 9mh
    Personal: naoinear
    Multiplier: naoi-fillte

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish noí, from Proto-Celtic *nowan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /nɯːi/
  • (North Uist, South Harris, South Skye, Wester Ross, East Inverness-shire) IPA(key): /nɯːɣ/ (corresponding to the form naodh)

NumeralEdit

naoi

  1. nine

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “naoi”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “noí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language