dó dhéag

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠoː jeːɡ/

dó dhéag

1. 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

• 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.

• dháréag (“twelve people”)