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déag

déag

See also: deag

Irish

Numeral

déag

  1. -teen

Usage notes

  • Isn't used as a suffix, but as a separate word:
    ocht - eight
    ocht déag - eighteen
  • Items counted are placed before the first word and the second. The word is lenited where the item counted ends in a vowel:
    aon ceann déag - eleven (items/things)
    bliana dhéag - sixteen years
    ocht n-úll déag - eighteen apples

Related terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
déag dhéag ndéag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.