Scottish Gaelic reference

Selected Scottish Gaelic 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.

Scottish Gaelic number list

NumberCardinalOther formsAudio
  1. 1one
    aon

    People: aonar

    Ordinal: a' chiad

    aon chù (dog)Mutation: lenition

    oneOne causes lenition before nouns that start with b, c, f, g, m, or p.Source: https://www.learngaelic.scot/grammar_hacks/numbers.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-1
  2. 2two
    dà

    Counting: dhà

    People: dithis

    Ordinal: dàrna

    twoUse dà before a noun (dà chù); use dhà when counting.Source: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-2
  3. 3three
    trì

    People: triùir

    Ordinal: treas

    trì coin (dogs)

    trì bliadhna (years)

    threeThree usually takes a plural noun. The word for year remains singular after three.Source: https://www.learngaelic.scot/grammar_hacks/numbers.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-3
  4. 4four
    ceithir

    People: ceathrar

    Ordinal: ceathramh

    fourSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-4
  5. 5five
    còig

    People: còignear

    Ordinal: còigeamh

    fiveSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-5
  6. 6six
    sia

    People: sianar

    Ordinal: siathamh

    sixSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-6
  7. 7seven
    seachd

    People: seachdnar

    Ordinal: seachdamh

    sevenSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-7
  8. 8eight
    ochd

    People: ochdnar

    Ordinal: ochdamh

    eightSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-8
  9. 9nine
    naoi

    People: naoinear

    Ordinal: naoidheamh

    nineSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-9
  10. 10ten
    deich

    People: deichnear

    Ordinal: deicheamh

    tenSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-10
  11. 11eleven
    aon deug

    Ordinal: aonamh deug

    aon chù deug (dogs)Mutation: lenition

    elevenIn counted phrases, the noun comes before the teen element.Source: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-11
  12. 12twelve
    dhà dheug

    Ordinal: dàrna deug

    dà chù dheug (dogs)Mutation: lenition

    twelveThe counting form differs from the form used before a noun. In a counted phrase, the noun sits between the number and teen element.Source: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-12
  13. 13thirteen
    trì deug

    Ordinal: treas deug

    thirteenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-13
  14. 14fourteen
    ceithir deug

    Ordinal: ceathramh deug

    fourteenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-14
  15. 15fifteen
    còig deug

    Ordinal: còigeamh deug

    fifteenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-15
  16. 16sixteen
    sia deug

    Ordinal: siathamh deug

    sixteenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-16
  17. 17seventeen
    seachd deug

    Ordinal: seachdamh deug

    seventeenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-17
  18. 18eighteen
    ochd deug

    Ordinal: ochdamh deug

    eighteenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-18
  19. 19nineteen
    naoi deug

    Ordinal: naoidheamh deug

    nineteenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-19
  20. 20twenty
    fichead

    Ordinal: ficheadamh

    fichead cù (dogs)

    twentyTwenty as a standalone number and in counted phrases uses a different order. In the traditional phrase, the noun remains singular.Source: https://www.learngaelic.scot/grammar_hacks/numbers.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-20
  21. 21twenty-one
    aon air fhichead

    Ordinal: aonamh air fhichead

    aon chù air fhichead (dogs)Mutation: lenition

    twenty-oneIn counted phrases, the noun sits between the number and its final element.Source: https://www.learngaelic.scot/grammar_hacks/numbers.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-21
  22. 25twenty-five
    còig air fhichead

    Ordinal: còigeamh air fhichead

    twenty-fiveSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-25
  23. 30thirty
    trithead

    Ordinal: trìtheadamh

    thirtydecimal system; older speakers may use 'deich air fhichead' (vigesimal)Source: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-30
  24. 40forty
    ceathrad

    Ordinal: ceathradamh

    fortydecimal; vigesimal: dà fhicheadSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-40
  25. 50fifty
    caogad

    Ordinal: caogadamh

    fiftydecimal; vigesimal: dà fhichead 's a deichSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-50
  26. 60sixty
    seasgad

    Ordinal: seasgadamh

    sixtySource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-60
  27. 70seventy
    seachdad

    Ordinal: seachdadamh

    seventySource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-70
  28. 80eighty
    ochdad

    Ordinal: ochdadamh

    eightySource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-80
  29. 90ninety
    naochad

    Ordinal: naochadamh

    ninetySource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-90
  30. 100hundred
    ceud

    Ordinal: ceudamh

    hundredSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-100
  31. 1000thousand
    mìle

    Ordinal: mìleamh

    thousandSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-1000

Counting systems in Scottish Gaelic

LearnGaelic describes traditional counting based on twenties as well as the decimal system taught in Gaelic-medium education. This table shows selected source forms; it does not provide every number in either system.

Source: LearnGaelic, Unit 8

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