ocht déag

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Irish

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Irish cardinal numbers
 <  17 18 19  > 
    Cardinal : ocht déag
    Ordinal : ochtú déag
    Personal : ochtar déag

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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ocht déag

  1. eighteen
    ocht bpunt déageighteen pounds

Usage notes

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When used to modify a noun, ocht triggers eclipsis of a following noun, which is in the genitive plural; déag follows the noun.

The form aon deich a hocht was prescribed by Peadar Ua Laoghaire in the 1920s, but it is unclear whether it has ever been used by native speakers.

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ocht déag n-ocht déag hocht déag not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.