When making plans further ahead and when referring to dates, we use àireamhan òrdail (ordinal numbers). In most cases we add an ‑mh ending to the written number, similar to the ‘‑th‘ ending used in English. We can also write these out in full, for example an còigeamh latha dhen ath‑mhìos (the fifth day of next month).
1d | a’ chiad |
2na/2ra | dàrna/dara |
3mh | treas |
4mh | ceathramh |
5mh | còigeamh |
6mh | siathamh |
7mh | seachdamh |
8mh | ochdamh |
9mh | naoidheamh |
10mh | deicheamh |
a’ chiad
the first
dàrna/dara
second
treas
third
ceathramh
fourth
còigeamh
fifth
siathamh
sixth
seachdamh
seventh
ochdamh
eighth
naoidheamh
ninth
deicheamh
tenth
11mh | aonamh deug |
12na | dàrna deug |
13mh | treas deug |
14mh | ceathramh deug |
15mh | còigeamh deug |
16mh | siathamh deug |
17mh | seachdamh deug |
18mh | ochdamh deug |
19mh | naoidheamh deug |
20mh | ficheadamh |
aonamh deug
eleventh
dàrna deug
twelth
treas deug
thirteenth
ceathramh deug
fourteenth
còigeamh deug
fifteenth
siathamh deug
sixteenth
seachdamh deug
seventeenth
ochdamh deug
eighteenth
naoidheamh deug
nineteenth
ficheadamh
twentieth
10mh | deicheamh |
20mh | ficheadamh |
30mh | tritheadamh |
40mh | ceathradamh |
50mh | caogadamh |
60mh | seasgadamh |
100mh | ceudamh |
1000mh | mìleamh |
deicheamh
tenth
ficheadamh
twentieth
tritheadamh
thirtieth
ceathradamh
fortieth
caogadamh
fiftieth
seasgadamh
sixtieth
ceudamh
hundredth
mìleamh
thousandth