How to count in Old Irish, a form of Irish which first appeared in writing in about 700 AD and was used until about 900 AD. It is the ancestor of Modern Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic.
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| Cardinal | Ordinal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | óen [oːi̯n] | cétnae [ˈkʲeːdn͈e] |
| 2 | dá [daː] | tánaise [ˈtaːnisʲe] |
| 3 | trí [tʲrʲiː] | tris [ˈtʲrʲis] |
| 4 | cethair [ˈkʲeθirʲ] | cethramad [ˈkʲeθraṽað] |
| 5 | cóic [koːɡʲ] | cóiced [ˈkoːɡʲeð] |
| 6 | sé [sʲeː] | seissed [ˈsʲesʲeð] |
| 7 | secht [sʲext] | sechtmad [sʲextṽað] |
| 8 | ocht [ˈoxt] | ochtmad [ˈoxtṽað] |
| 9 | noí [n͈oːi̯] | nómad |
| 10 | deich | dechmad |
| 20 | fiche [ˈfʲixʲe] | fichetmad |
| 30 | trícho [ˈtʲrʲiːxo] | tríchatmad |
| 40 | cethorcho | |
| 50 | coíca [ˈkoːi̯ɡa] | cóecatmad [ˈkoːi̯ɡadṽað] |
| 60 | sesca [ˈsʲeska] | sescatmad [ˈsʲeskadṽað] |
| 70 | sechtmoga | |
| 80 | ochtmoga | |
| 90 | nócha | |
| 100 | cét [kʲeːd] | cétmad [ˈkʲeːdṽað] |
Source
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/óen
Information Old Irish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Irish
Proto-Celtic, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic, Gaulish, Proto-Brythonic, Cumbric, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh, Welsh, Middle Cornish, Cornish, Old Breton, Middle Breton, Breton
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