naoi

naoi

1. plural of naos

• AION, Aino, Aion, Inoa, Iona, naio, onia

From Old Irish noí (compare Manx nuy), from Proto-Celtic *nowan (compare Welsh naw, Breton nav), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

• IPA^(key): /n̪ˠiː/, [n̪ˠɰiː]
• Homophone: naí

naoi (triggers eclipsis)

1. nine

• May be used with nouns in both the singular and plural; the singular is more common in general, but the plural must be used with units of measurement and the like. Triggers eclipsis:

• naoi gcat ― nine cats
• naoi dtroithe ― nine feet
• naoi n-éin ― nine times

• When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular; after nouns in the plural, the adjective only lenites after slender consonants:

• naoi gcapall bhána ― nine white horses
• na naoi n-eaglais mhóra ― the nine big churches

But:

• naoi gcapaill bhána ― nine white horses
• na naoi n-eaglaisí móra ― the nine big churches

• When referring to human beings, the personal form naonúr is used.

• naonúr (used with personal nouns)
• naoú (ordinal)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “naoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “noí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87

• naoidh, naodh

From Old Irish noí, from Proto-Celtic *nowan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

• IPA^(key): /nɯːi/
• (North Uist, South Harris, South Skye, Wester Ross, East Inverness-shire) IPA^(key): /nɯːɣ/ (corresponding to the form naodh)

naoi

1. nine

• naochad (“ninety”) (decimal system)
• naoidheamh (“ninth”)
• naoinear (“nine (persons)”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “naoi”, 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), “noí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language