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175. Fiċe, ceud, and míle, together with the old words for 30, 40, 50, &c., are really nouns[1] and can be declined.

Nom. fiċe gen. fiċead dat. fiċid pl. fiċid
ceud céid ceud ceudta
míle míle míle mílte

The other words are 5th declension, and form their genitive by adding d.

176. Míle, a thousand, or a mile, and ceud, a hundred never change their forms after a numeral; naoi míle, 9,000, or 9 miles.

The Personal Numerals.

177. The following numeral nouns are used especially of persons. All, with the exception of dís and beirt, are compounds of the word fear, a man (the f of which has disappeared owing to aspiration), and the numeral adjectives.

aonar[2] (aon-ḟear) one person
[dís (días)] a pair, a couple
beirt two persons, a couple[3]
triúr (or triar) (trí-ḟear) three persons
ceaṫrar (ceaṫair-ḟear) four persons
cúigear five persons
seisear six persons
  1. See Syntax, par. 511 and 512.
  2. Used in the idiomatic expression for “alone.” See par. 654.
  3. Lánaṁa, a married couple.