Dual (definition)

The Dual is a special inflectional mark used to indicate that two items are used.

In Gaelic the dual is only used after the numeral dà/dhà "two".

• The masculine dual is identical in form to the common case singular. (e.g. aon bhalach 'one boy', dà bhalach 'two boys')
• The feminine dual is identical in form to the prepositional case singular (e.g. ag a' chraoibh, 'at the tree' dà chraoibh "two trees"

External Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_(grammatical_number)
• http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30070373?uid=3739552&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101110931201

References

• Gàidhlig Bheo volume 3, page 6