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dà-dheug

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Scottish Gaelic

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Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: dà-dheug
    Standalone: a dhà-dheug
    Ordinal: dàrna deug, dara deug, dala deug
    Ordinal abbreviation: 12mh

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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-dheug

  1. twelve

Usage notes

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  • Used with a noun, which is in the singular, lenited and put between and dheug:
    Tha thoitean dheug agamsa agus tha a dhà dheug agadsa cuideachd. - I have twelve cigarettes and you have twelve as well.

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References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap