còig

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
50[a], [b]
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: còig
    Standalone: a còig
    Ordinal: còigeamh
    Ordinal abbreviation: 5mh
    Personal: còignear
    Multiplier: còig-fillte

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cóic, from Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

Numeral

còig

  1. five

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “còig”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language