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501. A numeral adjective, except those just mentioned, consisting of two or more words, takes its noun immediately after the first part of the numeral: as,
- ceiṫre capaill deug, fourteen horses.
- ḋá uan deug, twelve lambs.
- ḋá ḃuin deug is trí fiċid, seventy-two cows.
502. When we wish to express large numbers in Irish, we may either place the unit digit first, then the tens, next the hundreds, and so on; or we may express them in the English order. Convenience for utterance and clearness of sense are the best guides in any particular case.
The word AGUS is generally used with the larger numbers CÉAD, MÍLE, etc., and IS with the smaller ones.
- 129 miles, céad (míle) agus naoi míle fiċead.
- 79 horses, naoi gcapaill déag is trí fiċid.
- 5,635 men, cúig ṁíle agus sé ċéad fear agus cúig fir deág ar ḟiċid.
- 256 sheep, sé caoiriġ déag is dá ḟiċid agus (ar) trí ċéad.
- 1,666 years, sé bliaḋna is trí fiċid agus (ar) sé ċéad agus (ar) míle.
- 519 A.D., aois do’n tiġearna cúig ċéad agus naoi déag.
- 52,000 of the Roman army, ḋá ṁíle déag is dá ḟiċid míle de ṡluaġ Róṁánaċ.
