còig

Scottish Gaelic

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

Alternative forms

cóig (old spelling)

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

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“cóic” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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