dhà

See also: dha, DHA, and dhá

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dá, from Proto-Celtic *dwau, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaː/

• Audio (Lewis):

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Numeral

a dhà

1. two

Usage notes

• Used when free-standing (counting, telling a row of numerals etc.), otherwise dà is used.

  Fòn a h-aon, a h-aon, a dhà! ― Phone one-one-two!

  Tha dà chàr aige. ― He has two cars.

  Tha a dhà aice cuideachd. ― She has two as well.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dhà”, 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), “dá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language