Caibidil a hAon Déag:the Numbers (na hUimhreacha) |
fractions
mixed numbers |
- | English
term |
Irish word |
alternatively | with objects (e.g.: úll = apple) |
1/2 | one half | leath | leathúll ("half-apple")
leath an úill ("half of the apple ") leath na n-úll ("half of the apples ") |
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1/3 | one third | trian | trian den úll ("a third of the apple ")
trian na n-úll ("a third of the apples ") |
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2/3 | two thirds | dhá thrian | dhá thrian den úll ("2/3 of the apple ") | |
1/4 | one fourth | ceathrú | an ceathrú (cuid) den úll | |
3/4 | three fourths | trí cheathrú | an trí cheathrú (cuid) den úll | |
1/5 | one fifth | cúigiú | an cúigiú (cuid) den úll | |
4/5 | four fifths | ceithre chúigiú | an ceithre chúigiú (cuid) den úll | |
1/6 | one sixth | séú | an séú (cuid) den úll | |
1/7 | one seventh | seachtú | an seachtú (cuid) den úll | |
1/8 | one eighth | ochtú | an ochtú (cuid) den úll | |
1/9 | one ninth | naoú | an naoú (cuid) den úll | |
1/10 | one tenth | deichiú | an deichiú (cuid) den úll | |
1/11 | one eleventh | a haon ar a haon déag | aondéagú | an t-aonú cuid déag den úll |
1/12 | one twelfth | a haon ar a dó dhéag | dódhéagú | an dóú cuid déag den úll |
1/13 | one thirteenth | a haon ar a trí déag | trídéagú | an triú cuid déag den úll |
2/13 | two thirteenths | a dó ar a trí déag | dhá thrídéagú | a dó ar a trí déag den úll |
1/14 | one fourteenth | a haon ar a ceathair déag | ceathairdéagú | an ceathrú cuid déag den úll |
1/15 | one fifteenth | a haon ar a cúig déag | cúigdéagú | an cúigiú cuid déag den úll |
1/16 | one sixteenth | a haon ar a sé déag | sédéagú | an séú cuid déag den úll |
1/17 | one seventeenth | a haon ar a seacht déag | seachtdéagú | an seachtú cuid déag den úll |
1/18 | one eighteenth | a haon ar a hocht déag | ochtdéagú | an ochtú cuid déag den úll |
1/19 | one nineteenth | a haon ar naoi déag | naoidéagú | an naoú cuid déag den úll |
1/20 | one twentieth | fichiú | fichiú (cuid) den úll | |
12/22 | twelve twenty-seconds | a dó dhéag ar fiche a dó | let's not get carried away here! | |
1/100 | one hundredth | céadú | an céadú (cuid) den úll | |
1/1000 | one thousandth | miliú | an miliú (cuid) den úll |
Fractions are mostly identical to the ordinal numbers
an ceathrú den úll = 1/4 of the apple (lit. "the fourth
of the apple ")
an ceathrú cuid den úll = 1/4 apple (lit. "the
fourth piece of the apple ")
- | English term | Irish term | with objects (e.g.: úll = apple) |
1 + 1/2 | one and a half | a haon go leith | úll go leith |
2 + 1/2 | two and a half | a dó go leith | dhá úll go leith |
2 + 1/3 | two and one third | a dó go dtrian | dhá úll go dtrian |
2 + 1/4 | two and one fourth | a dó is ceathrú | dhá úll is ceathrú |
3 + 1/5 | three and one fifth | a trí is cúigiú | trí úll is cúigiú |
3 + 1/6 | three and one sixth | a trí is séú | trí úll is séú |
3 + 1/7 | three and one seventh | a trí is seachtú | trí úll is seachtú |
3 + 1/8 | three and one eighth | a trí is ochtú | trí úll is ochtú |
3 + 1/9 | three and one ninth | a trí is naoú | trí úll is naoú |
3 + 1/10 | three and one tenth | a trí is deichiú | trí úll is deichiú |
go in go leith is an otherwise rare preposition meaning with (go leith lit.: "with half ", leith is the dative of leath)