Scottish Gaelic

Numeral

a dhà

1. (cardinal) two

Usage notes

• Used when free-standing (counting, telling a row of numerals etc.), otherwise dà is used.

  Fòn a h-aon, a h-aon, a dhà!‎ ― Phone one-one-two!

  Tha dà chàr aige.‎ ― He has two cars.

  Tha a dhà aice cuideachd.‎ ― She has two as well.

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
• “dá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.