naodh

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
90,
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: naoi, naodh
    Standalone: a naoi, a naodh
    Ordinal: naoidheamh, naodhamh
    Ordinal abbreviation: 9mh
    Personal: naoinear, naodhnar
    Multiplier: naoi-fillte

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish noí, from Proto-Celtic *nowan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

Numeral

naodh

  1. nine
    Synonym: naoi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  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

Further reading

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