naoi1, num. s. & a. Nine. 1. m. (gs. ~, pl. naonna).(a) (In counting; usually preceded by particle a. See a3)A ~, nine. A ~ déag, nineteen. Fiche a ~, a ~ is fiche, twenty-nine. Céad is a ~, one hundred and nine. A ~ is a ~, nine and nine. A ~ nó a deich de bhlianta, nine or ten years. A ~ a chlog, nine o’clock. Uimhir a ~, number nine. (b)Trí ~, three nines. Faoi ~, nine times, ninefold. (c) (Of figure, series) Scrios an ~, delete the nine. An ~ muileata, the nine of diamonds. Tá an ~ agam, I have the nine. 2. (Followed by sg. or pl. of noun and pl. of adjective; eclipses) ~ lá, ~ n-oíche, nine days, nine nights. ~ n-uaire déag, nineteen times. ~ n-úll ghlasa, nine green apples. ~ mbliana is daichead, forty-nine years. ~ gcéad fear, nine hundred men.