NumType: numeral type
Irish numeral forms inflect to demonstrate different grammatical roles.
Card: cardinal numbers
Cardinal numbers can be divided into those without nouns (used in counting, giving the time, etc.), and those with nouns. Those used without nouns use a particle a that is absent in those used with nouns. This particle triggers h-prefix in numbers beginning with a vowel (aon, ocht).
Examples
Counting, etc.:
- a haon “one”
- a seacht “seven”
- a sé a chlog “six o’ clock”
Numbers qualifying nouns:
- dhá bhliain “two years”
- naoi gcapall déag “nineteen horses”
- seasca punt “sixty pounds”
Ord: ordinal numbers
Ordinal numbers can be used to show order of items. In Irish, the form uses the definite article an. (see Definite). The English abbreviation “th” appended to a numeral (as in eighth), is given in Irish as -ú.
Examples
- an chéad lá “the first day”
- an dara dóigh “the second prospect”
- an 17ú Marta “the 17th of March”
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