cúigear, m. (gs. & npl. -gir, gpl. ~). Five. 1. (Of persons) ~ fear, ban, páistí, five men, women, children. Ina gcúigir, in fives. ~ acu, de na comharsana, five of them, of the neighbours. 2. (Of things, without dependent noun) Tá ~ de na caoirigh caillte, five of the sheep are lost. Cá mhéad ceann ann? ~. How many (things) are there? Five.