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
- 1oneaon
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 - 2twodà
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 - 3threetrì
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 - 4fourceithir
People: ceathrar
Ordinal: ceathramh
fourSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-4 - 5fivecòig
People: còignear
Ordinal: còigeamh
fiveSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-5 - 6sixsia
People: sianar
Ordinal: siathamh
sixSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-6 - 7sevenseachd
People: seachdnar
Ordinal: seachdamh
sevenSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-7 - 8eightochd
People: ochdnar
Ordinal: ochdamh
eightSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-8 - 9ninenaoi
People: naoinear
Ordinal: naoidheamh
nineSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-9 - 10tendeich
People: deichnear
Ordinal: deicheamh
tenSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-10 - 11elevenaon 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 - 12twelvedhà 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 - 13thirteentrì deug
Ordinal: treas deug
thirteenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-13 - 14fourteenceithir deug
Ordinal: ceathramh deug
fourteenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-14 - 15fifteencòig deug
Ordinal: còigeamh deug
fifteenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-15 - 16sixteensia deug
Ordinal: siathamh deug
sixteenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-16 - 17seventeenseachd deug
Ordinal: seachdamh deug
seventeenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-17 - 18eighteenochd deug
Ordinal: ochdamh deug
eighteenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-18 - 19nineteennaoi deug
Ordinal: naoidheamh deug
nineteenSource: https://learngaelic.scot/littlebylittle/unit08/index.jsp, data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-19 - 20twentyfichead
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 - 21twenty-oneaon 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 - 25twenty-fivecòig air fhichead
Ordinal: còigeamh air fhichead
twenty-fiveSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-25 - 30thirtytrithead
Ordinal: trìtheadamh
thirtydecimal system; older speakers may use 'deich air fhichead' (vigesimal)Source: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-30 - 40fortyceathrad
Ordinal: ceathradamh
fortydecimal; vigesimal: dà fhicheadSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-40 - 50fiftycaogad
Ordinal: caogadamh
fiftydecimal; vigesimal: dà fhichead 's a deichSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-50 - 60sixtyseasgad
Ordinal: seasgadamh
sixtySource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-60 - 70seventyseachdad
Ordinal: seachdadamh
seventySource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-70 - 80eightyochdad
Ordinal: ochdadamh
eightySource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-80 - 90ninetynaochad
Ordinal: naochadamh
ninetySource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-90 - 100hundredceud
Ordinal: ceudamh
hundredSource: data/content/scots-gaelic/numbers.json#gd-num-100 - 1000thousandmìle
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.
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