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Irish
Etymology
dó + -ú
Adjective
dóú (abbreviated 2ú)
- second (ordinal number of 2)
- an dóú fear déag ― the twelfth man
- an dóú lá is fiche ― the twenty-second day
Usage notes
- Used only with compound numbers ending in 2 (12, 22, etc.). The word for ‘second’ is otherwise dara.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “dóú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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