dhéag

Irish

Pronunciation

Numeral

dhéag

  1. lenited form of déag

Usage notes

This lenited form is used after a noun ending in a vowel (e.g. dhá chóta dhéag (“twelve coats”)) and after scóir (“scores (groups of twenty)”) (e.g. trí scóir dhéag (“thirteen score, 260”)).

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 196
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