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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish dá, from Proto-Celtic *dwau, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation
Numeral
a dhà
- two
Usage notes
- Used when free-standing (counting, telling a row of numerals etc.), otherwise dà is used.
- Fòn a h-aon, a h-aon, a dhà! ― Phone one-one-two!
- Tha dà chàr aige. ― He has two cars.
- Tha a dhà aice cuideachd. ― She has two as well.
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “dhà”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language