NUM: numeral
Description
A numeral is a word, functioning most typically as a determiner, adjective or pronoun, that expresses a number and a relation to the number, such as quantity, sequence, frequency or fraction.
Irish numbers are split into three categories: cardinal, ordinal and personal. The personal form is used for counting people. All three forms differ in spelling.
Examples
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22 Meitheamh “22nd June”
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1920
- ocht mbliana “eight years”
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a hocht a chlog “8 o’clock”
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11ú céad “11th century”
- a haon “one” (counting)
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duine amháin “one person”
- dhá theanga “two languages”
- beirt duine “two people”
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an dara huair “the second time”
- cuig ghlúin “five generations”
- cúigear “five people”
- cúigear fear “five men”
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