cúig

Irish

**Irish numbers ^(edit)**
	50^{[a], [b]}
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Cardinal: cúig Ordinal: cúigiú Personal: cúigear

cúig

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 lenition of nouns in the singular and no mutation of nouns in the plural:

When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular; after nouns in the plural, the adjective only lenites after slender consonants:

But:

Mutated forms of *cúig*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúig	chúig	gcúig

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

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, section 78, page 68
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 165
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 432, page 139