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ETYMOLOGY.
FOCLACHADH. 69
Aon bhalg, m. 1 bag, dà bhalg,* 2 bags, trì builg, 3 bags,
Ceithir builg, 4 bags, còig builg, 5 bags, sè builg, 6 bags,
Seachd builg, 7 bags, òchd builg, 8 bags, naoi builg, 9 bags,
Deich builg, 10 bags, aon bhalg deug, 11 bags, dàbhalgdheug,12&e.
Trì builg dheug,13&c, ceithir builg dheug, 14 &c.,còigbuilg dheug,15&c.
Aon bhalg thar f hichead, 21 bags, dà bhalg thar f hichead, 22 bags,
Trì builg thar f hichead, 23 bags, ceithir builg thar f hichead, 24 &c.
Dà f hichead balg, 40 bags, dà f hichead balg 's } 4R r
Trì fichead balg 's a trì, 63 bags, a h-òchd, $ *° Dags '
Ceithir ficheadbalg's adeich,90&c, ceithir fichead balg, 80 bags,
Ceud balg, 100 bags, mìle balg, 1000 bags.
Aon bhròg,/<?ra.
Ceithir brogan,
Aon bhròg deug,
dà bròig,
còig brogan,
dà bhroig dheug,
trì brògan,
sè brògan,
trì brògan deug.
Dà f hichead bròg, 40 shoes, S$c. ; dà f hichead bròg 's a deich,
50 shoes : deich 'us dà f hichead bròg, or leth cheud bròg, 50 ;
dà f hichead bròg 's a h-aon deug, 51 shoes, 8$c. ; deich 'us trì
fichead bròg, 70 shoes, S$c. ; ceithir fìchead bròg 's a deich, or
deich 'us ceither fìchead, bròg ; ceud bròg ; mìle bròg, &c.
2. ORDINAIi NUMBERS. J c 2. CUNNTAICH ORDAIL.
lst
2d
3d
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
lOth
llth
12th
18th
19th
20th
21st
30th
An ceud, a'cheud f hear,
An dàra, dàrna fear,
An treas fear,
An ceathramh fear,
An còigeamh fear,
An sèathamh fear,
An seachdamh fear,
An t-ochdamh fear,
An naoidheamh fear,
An deicheamh là,
An t-aon là deug,
An dara là deug,
An t-ochdamh là deug,
An naoidheamh là deug,
An ficheadamh là,
An t-aon là thar f hichead,
the first man.
the second man.
the third man.
the fourth man.
the fifth man.
the sixth man.
the seventh man.
the eighth man.
the ninth man.
the tenth day.
the eleventh day.
the twelfth day.
the eighteenth day.
the nineteenth day.
the twenty-first
An deicheamh là thar fhichead, the thirtieth day.
* Dà bhalg, literally two bag. This peculiarity in the numeral dà has Ied some
to suppose that there is a dual number in the Gaelic ; nothing can be more erro-
neous than this notion, for neither the article, noun, adjective, pronoun, nor verb,
has any form which can properly be called a dual. Moreover, the numerals
Jichead, ceud, mìle, &c. require the noun in the singular as well as dà. The ad-
vocates of a dual might therefore, with equal propriety, argue for a vicesimal, a
emtesimal, and a milesimal— Vide Syntax. Construction of Numerals.