English

Noun

naoi

1. plural of naos

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish noí (compare Manx nuy), from Proto-Celtic *nawan (compare Welsh naw, Breton nav), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̪ˠiː/
• Homophone: naí

Numeral

naoi (triggers eclipsis of a following noun)

1. nine

   naoi dteach‎ ― nine houses

   naoi n-uaire‎ ― nine times

   naoi mbliana‎ ― nine years

Derived terms

• naonúr (used to modify nouns referring to human beings)
• naoú (ordinal)

References

• "naoi" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “noí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish noí, from Proto-Celtic *nawan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɯːi/

Numeral

naoi

1. (cardinal) nine

Derived terms

• naochad ‎(“ninety”) (decimal system)
• naoidheamh ‎(“ninth”)
• naoinear ‎(“nine (persons)”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “noí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.