dhà

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See also: dha, DHA, and dhá

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish , from Proto-Celtic *dwau, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣaː/
  • Audio (Scotland, Lewis):(file)

Numeral

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a dhà

  1. two

Usage notes

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  • Used when free-standing (counting, telling a row of numerals etc.), otherwise is used.
    Fòn a h-aon, a h-aon, a dhà!Phone one-one-two!
    Tha chàr aige.He has two cars.
    Tha a dhà aice cuideachd.She has two as well.

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dhà”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language