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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *dekam-kʷe (literally “and ten”), with loss of the first k by dissimilation.[1]
Numeral
deäc
- -teen
Usage notes
When modifying a noun to indicate an amount between 11 and 19, deac follows the noun while its accompanying numeral simultaneously precedes the noun.
Quotations
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 16c10
- cóic bliadni deäc ― fifteen years (literally, “five years -teen”)
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of deac
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
|
| deäc
|
deäc
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
|
ndeäc
|
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Schrijver, Peter (1993) “Varia IV. OIr. dëec, dëac”, in Ériu, volume 44, pages 181–84
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