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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Numeral
dà-dheug
- twelve
Usage notes
- Used with a noun, which is in the singular, lenited and put between dà and dheug:
- Tha dà thoitean dheug agamsa agus tha a dhà dheug agadsa cuideachd. - I have twelve cigarettes and you have twelve as well.
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References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap