sé déag

Irish

**Irish cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : sé déag Ordinal : séú déag Personal : seisear déag

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃeː dʲeːɡ/

Numeral

sé déag

sixteen
sé mhéadar déag ― sixteen meters

Usage notes

When used to modify a noun, sé triggers lenition of a following consonant-initial noun in the singular and h-prothesis of one in the plural; déag follows the noun.

The form aon deich a sé was prescribed by Peadar Ua Laoghaire in the 1920s, but it is unclear whether it has ever been used by native speakers.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sé déag	shé déag after an, tsé déag	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.