milliún

Irish

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Cardinal: milliún     Ordinal: milliúnú

Etymology

From Old French million, from Italian milione (“million”), from mille (“thousand”) (from Latin mille) + the augmentative suffix -one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲil̠ʲuːnˠ/

Numeral

milliún

1. million

Noun

milliún m (genitive singular milliúin, nominative plural milliúin)

1. million

Declension

Declension of milliún (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative milliún milliúin vocative a mhilliúin a mhilliúna genitive milliúin milliún dative milliún milliúin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an milliún na milliúin genitive an mhilliúin na milliún dative leis an milliún don mhilliún leis na milliúin

Mutation

Mutated forms of milliún

radical	lenition	eclipsis
milliún	mhilliún	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “milliún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “milliún”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “milliún”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “milliún”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024