dóú
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dou"
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| 20 | ||
| [a], [b] ← 1 | 2 | 3 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: dó Ordinal: dara, dóú Personal: beirt, dís Attributive: dhá | ||
Adjective
[edit]dóú (abbreviated 2ú)
- second (ordinal number of 2)
- an dóú fear déag ― the twelfth man
- an dóú lá is fiche ― the twenty-second day
Usage notes
[edit]- Used only with compound numbers ending in 2 (12, 22, etc.). The word for ‘second’ is otherwise dara.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| dóú | dhóú | ndóú |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dóṁaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 255
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dóú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN