cúigiú

Irish

Alternative forms
  • cúigeadh (superseded)
  • cúicceadh, cúigmhadh, cúigmheadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish cóiced, from Old Irish cóiced, from Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷetos; synchronically analyzable as cúig +‎ -iú. In northern dialects (Ulster and Mayo) the historical form cúigeadh and the modern form cúigiú are homophonous, so the modern form can be considered simply a respelling to assimilate the word to the ordinal suffix -ú. In the dialects of Galway and Munster the modern form may be considered to have replaced the historical form, which was pronounced /ˈkuːɟə/.

Pronunciation

Adjective
Irish ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : cúig
    Ordinal : cúigiú

cúigiú (not comparable)

  1. fifth

Declension
Declension of cúigiú
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cúigiú chúigiú cúigiú;
chúigiú²
Vocative chúigiú cúigiú
Genitive cúigiú cúigiú cúigiú
Dative cúigiú;
chúigiú¹		 chúigiú cúigiú;
chúigiú²
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

cúigiú m (genitive singular cúigiú, nominative plural cúigithe)

  1. a fifth

Declension
Declension of cúigiú

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cúigiú cúigithe
Vocative a chúigiú a chúigithe
Genitive cúigiú cúigithe
Dative cúigiú cúigithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cúigiú na cúigithe
Genitive an chúigiú na gcúigithe
Dative leis an gcúigiú

don chúigiú

 leis na cúigithe

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cúigiú chúigiú gcúigiú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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