ficheadamh
Scottish Gaelic
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| Cardinal: fichead Standalone: a fichead Ordinal: ficheadamh Ordinal abbreviation: 20mh | ||||
Etymology
From Middle Irish fichetmad (compare Irish fichiú, Manx feedoo). By surface analysis, fichead + -amh
Pronunciation
- (Lewis, Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /ə ˈɲiçət̪u/[1], [ə ˈɲiçət̪ʉ][2]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ə ˈfiçət̪u/[3]
Numeral
an fhicheadamh or am ficheadamh
References
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ 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, page 244
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN