naoi

English

Noun

naoi

1. plural of naos

Anagrams

• AION, Aino, Aion, Inoa, Iona, naio, onia

Irish

Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : naoi     Ordinal : naoú     Personal : naonúr

Etymology

From Old Irish noí (compare Manx nuy), from Proto-Celtic *nowan (compare Welsh naw, Breton nav), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̪ˠiː/
• Homophone: naí

Numeral

naoi (triggers eclipsis)

1. nine

Usage notes

• May be used with nouns in both the singular and plural; the singular is more common in general, but the plural must be used with units of measurement and the like. Triggers eclipsis:

• naoi gcat ― nine cats
• naoi dtroithe ― nine feet
• naoi n-éin ― nine birds

• When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular; after nouns in the plural, the adjective only lenites after slender consonants:

• naoi gcapall bhána ― nine white horses
• na naoi n-eaglais mhóra ― the nine big churches

But:

• naoi gcapaill bhána ― nine white horses
• na naoi n-eaglaisí móra ― the nine big churches

• When referring to human beings, the personal form naonúr is used.

Derived terms

• naonúr (used with personal nouns)
• naoú (ordinal)

Mutation

Mutated forms of naoi

radical	lenition	eclipsis
naoi	not applicable	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “naoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers ^(edit)

	90[a], [b]
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Cardinal: naoi     Standalone: a naoi     Ordinal: naoidheamh     Ordinal abbreviation: 9mh     Personal: naoinear     Multiplier: naoi-fillte

Alternative forms

• naoidh, naodh

Etymology

From Old Irish noí, from Proto-Celtic *nowan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠɤ̃ĩɣ/ (corresponding to the form naoidh)
• (Harris) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠɯŋɡ̊/ (corresponding to the form naong)
• (North Uist, Skye, Wester Ross, east Inverness-shire) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠɯːɣ/ (corresponding to the form naodh)
• (Benbecula, South Uist, Barra, Islay) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠɯːj/

Numeral

naoi

1. nine

Derived terms

• naochad (“ninety”) (decimal system)
• naoidheamh (“ninth”)
• naoinear (“nine (persons)”)

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “naoi”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “noí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language