deich

From Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛç/, /dʲɛh/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /dʲɛ/

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deich (triggers eclipsis)

1. ten

• May be used with nouns in both the singular and plural; the singular is more common in general, but the plural must be used with units of measurement and the like. Triggers eclipsis:

• deich gcat ― ten cats
• deich dtroithe ― ten feet
• deich n-uaire ― ten times

• When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with nouns modified by adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular but only lenites after nouns in the plural when they end in slender consonants:

• deich gcapall bhána ― ten white horses
• na deich n-eaglais mhóra ― the ten big churches

But:

• deich gcapaill bhána ― ten white horses
• na deich n-eaglaisí móra ― the ten big churches

• When referring to human beings, the personal form deichniúr is used.

• deichiú (ordinal)
• deichniúr (used with personal nouns)

• déag ("-teen")

• "deich" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 deich n-”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

From Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

deich

1. ten

• Irish: deich
• Manx: jeih
• Scottish Gaelic: deich

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “deich”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

From Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

• IPA^(key): /tʲeç/

deich

1. ten

• deicheach (“decimal”)
• deicheamh (“tenth / decimal”)
• deichnear (“ten”) (persons)
• deug (“-teen”)

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 deich n-”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN