dóú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dou"

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Irish numbers (edit)
20
[a], [b] ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: dó
    Ordinal: dara, dóú
    Personal: beirt, dís
    Attributive: dhá

dó +‎ -ú

Adjective

dóú (abbreviated 2ú)

  1. second (ordinal number of 2)
    an dóú fear déag ― the twelfth man
    an dóú lá is fiche ― the twenty-second day

Usage notes

  • Used only with compound numbers ending in 2 (12, 22, etc.). The word for ‘second’ is otherwise dara.

Mutation

Mutated forms of dóú
radical lenition eclipsis
dóú dhóú ndóú

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

References

  1. ^ “dóú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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