How to count in Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg), a form of Irish spoken from the 9th cenutry until about the 12th century.
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| Cardinal | Ordinal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | óen | cétnae |
| 2 | dá, da | tánaise, tánaiste |
| 3 | tri, trí, tre | tress |
| 4 | cethair, cethir, ceithir | cethramad, cethramadh, cethirmat |
| 5 | cóic, cúic | cóiced, cúced, cúigeadh, coigid |
| 6 | sé, se, sē | seissed, sesset, sesedh, seisedh |
| 7 | secht, seacht | sechtmad, sechtmet, seachtmad, seachtmhadh |
| 8 | ocht | ochtmad, octmet |
| 9 | noí, noi | nómad, nomad |
| 10 | deich, dech | dechmad |
| 11 | óen déc | |
| 12 | da dec, dé dhéag, dó déc | aill deac |
| 13 | trí déag, trí déc, tri déc | trisdécde, triss deacc |
| 14 | cethir déc | |
| 15 | cóic deac, coic deac, cuicc dec, cúicc décc | |
| 16 | se dec | |
| 17 | secht dēac | |
| 18 | ocht déc, ocht deac | |
| 19 | nai dég, noí deec, náoi dég | |
| 20 | fiche, fichet, fichit, fichtea | fichetmad, fichatmath, fichetmudh |
| 30 | tricha, trīchat | tríchatmad, trichadmad, trichadmadh, trichatmadh |
| 40 | cethracha, ceathrachad, cethorchae, dá fhichead | cethrachatmad |
| 50 | coíca, coícad, caoga, caogad, coícait, cóecait, cóic deich | coícatmad, cōecatmad, cæcatmadh |
| 60 | sesca, sescot, sescat | sescatmad, sescadmad |
| 70 | sechtmoga, sechtmogo, sechtmogat | |
| 80 | ochtmoga, ochtmodha, ochtmodhad, octmogat, ochtmugat | |
| 90 | nócha, nocha, nochat | |
| 100 | cét, cet, céta | cétmad, cētmad |
| 200 | da ced, da cet | |
| 1,000 | míle, míli | |
| 10,000 | deich míli |
Sources: https://dil.ie/
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Middle_Irish_numbers
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