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
- 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 dó “two” (cardinal number without noun)
- dhá theanga “two languages” (cardinal number with noun)
- beirt duine “two people” (personal number)
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an dara huair “the second time” (ordinal)
- cúig ghlúin “five generations” (cardinal number)
- cúigear “five people” (cardinal number with noun)
- cúigear fear “five men” (personal number)
NUM in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cy] [da] [el] [en] [es] [ess] [et] [fi] [fro] [fr] [ga] [grc] [hu] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [kpv] [ky] [myv] [no] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [uk] [u] [urj] [xcl] [yue] [zh]