còig

Scottish Gaelic

**Scottish Gaelic cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : còig Ordinal : còigeamh

Alternative forms

cóig (old spelling)
cùig

Etymology

From Old Irish cóic, from Proto-Celtic *kʷinkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [koːɡ̊ʲ], /kʰoːkʲ/

Numeral

còig

five

Derived terms

caogad (“fifty”) (decimal system)
còigeamh (“fifth”)
còignear (“five (persons)”)

References

Edward Dwelly (1911), “còig”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cóic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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