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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish dechnebor, dechneabur, from Old Irish dechenbor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʲeçnəɾ/
- (South Uist) IPA(key): /ˈtʲeɲəɾ/ (as if spelled deinear)
Noun
deichnear m (genitive singular deichneir, plural deichnearan)
- ten
Usage notes
- Only used about persons (cf numerical noun).
- Following noun is in the genitive:
- deichnear bhalach ― ten boys
- Alternatively, de and the dative are used:
- deichnear de bhalaich ― ten boys
- Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig
- deichnear dhiubh / aca ― the ten of them
- Also used on its own:
- Bha deichnear ann. ― There were ten.
Related terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| deichnear |
dheichnear
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “deichnear”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN