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70 ETYMOLOGY. FOCLACHADH.
31st An t-aon là deug thar fhichead, the thirty-first day,
40th An dà f hicheadamh là, the fortieth day.
lOOth An ceudamh bd, the hundredth cow.
200th An dà cheudamh bò, the two hundredth cow.
300th An tri cheudamh bò, the three „ ,,
400th An cèithir cheudamh bd, the foar „ „
500th An cdig ceudamh bd, the five „ „
600th An sèa ceudamh bd, the six „ „
700th An seachd ceudàmh bd, the seven „ „
lOOOth Am mìleamh bd, &c. the thousandth „
3. Collective Numerals. — There are only nine of this class;
namely, dithis, two persons ; triùir, three persons ; ceathrar,
four ; còignear, còigear, five ; sèanar or sianar, six ; seachdnar,
seven ; ochdnar, eight ; naonar, naoinear, nine ; deichnear, ten.
These are applied to person only ; as, dithis, two persons ;
triùir, three persons. They require the genitive plural indefl-
nite of the noun following them ; thus, ceathrar mhac, four
sons ; cuignear dhaoine, five men ; seachdnar bhan, seven
women.
Dithis is often used for dà, or dhà, in its absolute sense ; as,
Am buail mì ach aon sguab ? Buailidh tu dithis.
Fichead, ceud, mile, muillean, when used as nouns, have a
plural form ; as, fìcheadàn, ceudàn, mìltean, muilleanan ; as, na
ficheadàn diùbh, scores ofthem, &c.
4. The distributive numbers are, leth, half; trìan, third ;
ceathramh, a fourth, aquarter. Distributives higher than these
are formed by placing the words pàirt or cuid after the ordinal
numerals ; as, an còigeamh pàirt, an cdigeamh cuid, the fifth
part ; an seathamh pàirt, the sixth part, &c.
5. Multiplicative numbers are formed by annexing the word
uair (a space of time) to the cardinals ; as, aon uair,* once,
semel; dà uair, twice, bis ; trì uairean, thrice, ter, &c. Cuairt,
a round, is sometimes used in a multiplicative sense ; as, " Trì
chuairt dobhris mì à sgìath/'THRiCE IbroJce his shield. — Ossian
FlNG. IV. 71.
Fìllt or f ìllte, a fold, is also used in a multiplicative sense ;
as, dà fhìllt, two'fold, double, duplex ; tri fìllt, three-fold,
triple, triplex ; ceithir f ìllt, &c.
EXERCISE ON NUMERALS. | CLEACHDADH AIR CÙNNTAICH.
Translate. — 1. One table, two hands, eight sons, twelve
* The word uair signifies also an hour ; so that aon uair is likewise the phrase for
one hour, or one o'clock ; dà uair, for two hours or two o'clock ; tri uairean, for
threc o'clock, &e.