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This form of the numeral is a substantive and can have the definite article before it when the sense of the language so requires; thus:—
| An t-aon. | The one | |
| An dó. | The two, i.e., that individual two. | |
| An trí. | The three. | |
| An ceaṫair. | The four, i.e., there is question of a number of fours and this is a certain one of them. It is the four of which mention has been made somewhere. |
AN UIṀIR AG CÓṀREAṀ. |
THE NUMBER, COUNTING. | |
| A h-aon. | One. | |
| A dó. | Two. | |
| A trí. | Three. | |
| A ceaṫair. | Four. | |
| A cúig. | Five. | |
| A sé. | Six. | |
| A seaċt. | Seven. | |
| A h-oċt. | Eight. | |
| A naoi. | Nine. | |
| A deiċ. | Ten. | |
| A h-aoindéag. | Eleven. | |
| A dóḋéag. | Twelve. | |
| A trídéag. | Thirteen. | |
| A ceaṫairdéag. | Fourteen. | |
| A cúigdéag. | Fifteen. | |
| A séidéag. | Sixteen. |
