dàrna

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → , ,
    Cardinal:
    Standalone: a dhà
    Ordinal: dàrna, dara
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2na, 2ra
    Personal: dithis
    Multiplier: dà-fhillte, dùbailte
    Fractional: leth

Etymology

From Old Irish darna (the second; one of two).

Pronunciation

Numeral

an dàrna

  1. second
    Synonyms: dara, dala

Usage notes

Unlike the cardinal , dàrna does not cause lenition.

  • Also used to mean one when making a comparison to the other or another:
    air an dàrna làimh... air an làimh eile...on the one hand... on the other hand... (literally, “on the second hand... on the other hand...”)
    an dàrna cuid... no...either... or... (literally, “the second part... or...”)
    an dàrna fear dhiubheither of them (literally, “the second one of them”)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of dàrna
radical lenition
dàrna dhàrna

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 244
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 244

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dàrna”, 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), “darna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language