dó dhéag
Irish
    
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|---|---|---|
|     Cardinal : dó dhéag Ordinal : dara déag, dóú déag Personal : dháréag Attributive : dhá/dá...déag  | ||
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /d̪ˠoː jeːɡ/
 
Numeral
    
- twelve
- a haon déag, a dó dhéag, a trí déag... ― eleven, twelve, thirteen...
 - bus a dó dhéag ― bus number 12
 - a dó dhéag a chlog ― twelve o’clock
 
 
Usage notes
    
- This form is used independently, not directly modifying a noun. It is always preceded by the particle a. "Twelve" directly modifying a noun is indicated by dhá/dá before the noun (and triggering lenition of it) and déag after it.
 
- dhá bhus déag ― twelve buses
 
The form aon deich a dó was prescribed by Peadar Ua Laoghaire in the 1920s, but it is unclear whether it has ever been used by native speakers.
Related terms
    
- dháréag (“twelve people”)
 
Mutation
    
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis | 
| dó dhéag | dhó dhéag | ndó dhéag | 
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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