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You may want to learn the numbers in Gaelic. It’s one of the first things that anyone learns in any language.
01-10
The numbers one to ten are quite simple in Gaelic
| NUMBER | ÀIREAMH | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | aon | |
| 2 | dhà | |
| 3 | trì | |
| 4 | ceithir | |
| 5 | còig | |
| 6 | sia | |
| 7 | seachd | |
| 8 | ochd | |
| 9 | naoi | |
| 10 | deich |
11-20
The numbers 11-20 are also quite straightforward in Gaelic. The word deug is added after the number, just like the English suffix "-teen". The only exception for this is the number twelve. After the number two, the word after is always lenited (or an h is added after the first letter), deug is no exception, and so it becomes dheug.
| NUMBER | ÀIREAMH | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | aon deug | |
| 12 | dhà dheug | |
| 13 | trì deug | |
| 14 | ceithir deug | |
| 15 | còig deug | |
| 16 | sia deug | |
| 17 | seachd deug | |
| 18 | ochd deug | |
| 19 | naoi deug | |
| 20 | fichead |
Source : https://learngaelic.scot/fichead-facal/ff-numbers.jsp