dàrna

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers ^(edit)

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←  1	2	3  → [a], [b], [c]
Cardinal: dà     Standalone: a dhà     Ordinal: dàrna, dara     Ordinal abbreviation: 2na, 2ra     Personal: dithis     Multiplier: dà-fhillte, dùbailte     Fractional: leth

Etymology

From Old Irish darna (“the second; one of two”).

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ə ˈn̪ˠd̪aːrˠnə/, [ə ˈn̪ˠaːɲə]
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ə ˈn̪ˠd̪̊aːr̥ˠn̪ˠʌ]

Numeral

an dàrna

1. second

   Synonyms: dara, dala

Usage notes

Unlike the cardinal dà, dàrna does not cause lenition.

• Also used to mean one when making a comparison to the other or another:

  air an dàrna làimh... air an làimh eile... ― on the one hand... on the other hand... (literally, “on the second hand... on the other hand...”)

  an dàrna cuid... no... ― either... or... (literally, “the second part... or...”)

  an dàrna fear dhiubh ― either of them (literally, “the second one of them”)

Derived terms

• air an dàrna làimh (“on the one hand”)
• an dàrna cuid (“both”)
• an dàrna taobh (“to one side, aside”)
• cuir an dàrna taobh (“put to one side, set aside”)
• dàrnach (“secondary”)
• (gach) dàrnacha (“(every) second”)

 

Related terms

• dà

Mutation

Mutation of dàrna

radical	lenition
dàrna	dhàrna

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dàrna”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “darna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language