Manx reference
Selected Manx numbers up to 1,000
This list shows selected numbers up to 1,000, not every number in between. Compare the number forms with their English meanings. Counting forms, forms used with people and examples appear only where the source data records them.
Manx number list
- 0zeroneunheezeroLearn Manx teaches neu-nhee/neunhee for zero when counting and reading telephone numbers.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/learning/intermediate/lesson-9-coontey---counting--1057/, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-0
- 1onenane
Ordinal example: yn chied (the first)
oneThe adnominal form triggers lenition; the ordinal example shows the article with the ordinal.Source: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-1 - 2twojees
Ordinal example: yn nah (the second)
twoThe adnominal form lenites following nouns; the ordinal example shows the article with the ordinal.Source: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-2 - 3threetree
Ordinal example: yn trass (the third)
threeThe modern ordinal is the standard form; older sources record a variant.Source: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-3 - 4fourkiare
Ordinal example: yn chiarroo laa (the fourth day)
fourA day-based ordinal example from Learn Manx.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/learning/spoken-dictionary/ordinal-numbers-first-second-third-etc/, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-4 - 5fivequeig
Ordinal example: yn wheiggoo laa (the fifth day)
fiveA day-based ordinal example from Learn Manx.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/learning/spoken-dictionary/ordinal-numbers-first-second-third-etc/, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-5 - 6sixshey
Ordinal example: yn cheyoo (the sixth)
sixThe ordinal is lenited after the definite article.Source: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-6 - 7sevenshiaght
Ordinal example: yn chiaghtoo (the seventh)
sevenThe ordinal is lenited after the definite article.Source: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-7 - 8eighthoght
Ordinal example: yn hoghtoo (the eighth)
eightSource: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-8 - 9ninenuy
Ordinal example: yn nuyoo (the ninth)
nineSource: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-9 - 10tenjeih
Ordinal example: yn jeihoo (the tenth)
tenSource: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-10 - 11elevennane-jeig
Ordinal example: yn un laa jeig (the eleventh day)
elevenA day-based ordinal example from Learn Manx.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/learning/spoken-dictionary/ordinal-numbers-first-second-third-etc/, https://www.learnmanx.com/learning/intermediate/lesson-9-coontey---counting--1057, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-11 - 12twelvedaa-yeig
Ordinal example: yn nah jeig (the twelfth)
twelveThe counting form shows lenition; the ordinal is displayed as an example.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/learning/intermediate/lesson-9-coontey---counting--1057, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-12 - 13thirteentree jeig
Ordinal example: yn trass jeig (the thirteenth)
thirteenSource: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-13 - 14fourteenkiare jeig
Ordinal example: yn chiarroo laa jeig (the fourteenth day)
fourteenA day-based ordinal example from Learn Manx.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/learning/spoken-dictionary/ordinal-numbers-first-second-third-etc/, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-14 - 15fifteenqueig jeig
Ordinal example: yn wheiggoo laa jeig (the fifteenth day)
fifteenA day-based ordinal example from Learn Manx.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/learning/spoken-dictionary/ordinal-numbers-first-second-third-etc/, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-15 - 16sixteenshey jeig
Ordinal example: yn cheyoo jeig (the sixteenth)
sixteenSource: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-16 - 17seventeenshiaght jeig
Ordinal example: yn chiaghtoo jeig (the seventeenth)
seventeenSource: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-17 - 18eighteenhoght jeig
Ordinal example: yn hoghtoo jeig (the eighteenth)
eighteenSource: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-18 - 19nineteennuy jeig
Ordinal example: yn nuyoo jeig (the nineteenth)
nineteenSource: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-19 - 20twentyfeed
Ordinal example: yn eedoo laa (the twentieth day)
twentyA day-based ordinal example from Learn Manx.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/learning/spoken-dictionary/ordinal-numbers-first-second-third-etc/, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-20 - 30thirtyjeih as feed
Ordinal example: yn jeihoo laa as feed (the thirtieth day)
thirtyA traditional vigesimal form combines ten and twenty.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/learning/spoken-dictionary/ordinal-numbers-first-second-third-etc/, https://www.learnmanx.com/learning/intermediate/lesson-9-coontey---counting--1057, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-30 - 40fortyda-eedfortyThe traditional cardinal is a contracted form based on two twenties; an expanded form is also attested.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/media/video%20pictures/max%20wheeler/Counting_things_in_the_Manx_Bible.pdf, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-40
- 60sixtythree-feedsixtyVigesimal 'three twenties'.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/media/video%20pictures/max%20wheeler/Counting_things_in_the_Manx_Bible.pdf, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-60
- 70seventythree-feed as jeihseventyVigesimal 'three twenties and ten'.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/media/video%20pictures/max%20wheeler/Counting_things_in_the_Manx_Bible.pdf, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-70
- 80eightykiare-feedeightyWheeler’s corpus study records this cardinal form on p. 1; it does not attest an ordinal.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/media/video%20pictures/max%20wheeler/Counting_things_in_the_Manx_Bible.pdf, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-80
- 90ninetykiare-feed as jeihninetyWheeler’s corpus study gives a form for ninety in its discussion of the Manx Bible examples.Source: https://www.learnmanx.com/media/video%20pictures/max%20wheeler/Counting_things_in_the_Manx_Bible.pdf, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-90
- 100one hundredkeead
Ordinal example: yn cheeadoo (the hundredth)
one hundredThe ordinal uses lenition after the definite article and a productive ordinal suffix.Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/keead, data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-100 - 1000thousandthousanethousandNo ordinal is included because the cited dataset does not establish an attested thousandth form.Source: data/content/manx/numbers.json#gv-num-1000
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