EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
deich, num. s. & a. Ten. 1. m. (gs. ~, pl. ~eanna).(a) (In counting) (usually preceded by particle a. See a3) A ~, a ~ is fiche, a ~ is daichead, ten, thirty, fifty. Céad is a ~, one hundred and ten. A ~ a chlog, ten o’clock. Uimhir, cuid, a ~, number, part, ten. (b) Trí dheich, three tens. Faoi dheich, ten times, tenfold. (c) Tá an ~ agam, I have the ten. An ~ muileata, the ten of diamonds. 2. (Followed by sg. or pl. of noun & pl. of adjective; eclipses) ~ gcéad, ~ míle, ten hundred, ten thousand. ~ slata, ~ n-acra, ten yards, ten acres. ~ dtroithe fichead, is fiche, thirty feet. ~ bhfuinneog mhóra, ten big windows.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Na Deich nA~, the Ten Commandments.
Ó dheich mbliana ~, from ten years onwards.
Chuirfinn deich dtonna é, I would estimate it at ten tons.
~fidh mé an deich ar an aon leat, I’ll bet ten to one against you.
Deich bpingine ~n bpunt, tenpence in the pound.
A deich, a trí déag, is ~, thirty, thirty-three.
Na deich bh~, the ten digits.
Deich bpunt sa phunt de ghearradh, a rate of ten pounds in the pound.
Deich bpingne sa phunt, ten pence in the pound.
Bhí sé i g~ a dheich mbliana d’aois, he had reached ten years of age.
Tá deich ~ ar chúig, ten divides by five.
A naoi le a deich, nine added to ten.
~ a deich faoin gcéad, less ten per cent.
3. ~ a deich faoin gcéad, plus ten per cent.
A ~ nó a deich de bhlianta, nine or ten years.
Deich ~ ó shin, ten minutes ago.
~ dheich bpingine, tenpenny piece.
Rud a dhíol de réir an phuint, ar dheich bpingine an ~, to sell sth. by the pound, at tenpence a pound.
Céad a ~t ar dheich, to divide one hundred by ten.
An rí, an deich, ~, the king, the ten, of spades.
~ a deich (a chlog), about ten (o’clock).
Ní fiú deich ~ é, it’s quite worthless.
Airgead a chur ar ~ deich faoin gcéad, to invest money at ten per cent interest.