còignear

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

còignear m (genitive singular cóigneir, plural cóignearan)

  1. five

Usage notes

  • Only used about persons (cf numerical noun).
  • Following noun is in the genitive:
    còignear bhalach ― five boys
  • Alternatively, de and the dative are used:
    còignear de bhalaich ― five boys
  • Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig
    an còignear dhiubh / aca ― the five of them
  • Also used on its own:
    Bha còignear ann. ― There were five.

Mutation

Mutation of còignear
radical lenition
còignear chòignear

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “còignear”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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