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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish nónbor (compare Irish naonúr).
Pronunciation
Noun
naodhnar m (genitive singular naodhnair, plural naodhnaran)
- nine
- Synonym: naoinear
Usage notes
- Only used about persons (cf numerical noun).
- Following noun is in the genitive:
- naodhnar bhalach ― nine boys
- Alternatively, de and the dative are used:
- naodhnar de bhalaich ― nine boys
- Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig
- an naodhnar dhiubh / aca ― the nine of them
- Also used on its own:
- Bha naodhnar ann. ― There were nine.
- naodh (“nine”) (general numeral)
References
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
- ^ 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) “naodhnar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN