ocht déag

Irish

Irish cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ocht déag
    Ordinal : ochtú déag
    Personal : ochtar déag

Pronunciation

Numeral

ocht déag

  1. eighteen
    ocht bpunt déag ― eighteen pounds

Usage notes

When used to modify a noun, ocht triggers eclipsis of a following noun, which is in the genitive plural; déag follows the noun.

The form aon deich a hocht was prescribed by Peadar Ua Laoghaire in the 1920s, but it is unclear whether it has ever been used by native speakers.

Mutation

Mutated forms of ocht déag
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ocht déag n-ocht déag hocht déag not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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