Uimhreacha - Feidhlimidh Mag Grianna


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Transcript

Haon. Beirt. Triúr. Ceathrar. Cúigear. Seisear. Seachtar. Ochtar. Naoiar[1]. Deichear[2]. Haon déag. Dhá chionn déag. Trí cinn déag. Ceithre cinn déag. Cúig cinn déag. Sé cinn déag. Seacht gcinn déag. Ocht gcinn déag. Naoi gcinn déag. Is a fich'. Cionn is fich'. Beirt is fich'. Triúr is fich'. Ceathrar is fich'. Cúigear is fich'. Seisear is fich'. Seachtar is fich'. Ochtar is fich'. Naoiar is fich'. Deichear is fich'.

Translation

One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Eleven. Twelve. Thirteen. Fourteen. Fifteen. Sixteen. Seventeen. Eighteen. Nineteen. And twenty. Twenty one. Twenty two. Twenty three. Twenty four. Twenty five. Twenty six. Twenty seven. Twenty eight. Twenty nine. Thirty.

Footnotes

= naonúr. Cf. Dónall P. Ó Baoill, An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Uladh (Dublin, 1996), 110, 145. (Back)
= deichniúr. Cf. Ó Baoill, op. cit., 111, 132. (Back)

Commentary

This item, a recitation of numbers, was recorded primarily for phonetic purposes. It is one of 30 such items in the Doegen collection.

Title in English: Numbers
Digital version published by: Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy

Description of the Recording:

Speaker: Feidhlimidh Mag Grianna from Co. Donegal
Person who made the recording: Karl Tempel
Organizer and administrator of the recording scheme: The Royal Irish Academy
In collaboration with: Lautabteilung, Preußische Staatsbibliothek (now Lautarchiv, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Recorded on 30-09-1931 at 11:00:00 in Courthouse, Letterkenny. Recorded on 30-09-1931 at 11:00:00 in Courthouse, Letterkenny.
Archive recording (ID LA_1234d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:27 minutes long. Archive recording (ID LA_1234d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:27 minutes long.
Second archive recording (ID LA_1234b2, from a shellac disc stored in Belfast) is 00:28 minutes long. Second archive recording (ID LA_1234b2, from a shellac disc stored in Belfast) is 00:28 minutes long.
User recording (ID LA_1234d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:27 minutes long. User recording (ID LA_1234d2, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:27 minutes long.