leth-cheud

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Scottish Gaelic

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Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
500[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  40 50 60  → [a], [b]
5
    Cardinal (vigesimal): leth-cheud
    Cardinal (decimal): caogad
    Ordinal (vigesimal): leth-cheudamh
    Ordinal (decimal): caogadamh
    Ordinal abbreviation: 50mh

Etymology

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leth- +‎ ceud

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (careful speech) /ʎeh ˈçiət̪/[1], (rapid speech) /ˈʎeçət̪/[2]

Numeral

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leth-cheud m

  1. fifty

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ 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