fiche, num. s. & a. Twenty. 1. m. (gs. ~ad, pl. -chidí, ds. & npl. with numerals -chid).(a) (In counting) A ~, twenty. ~ a haon, a haon is ~, twenty-one. A deich, a trí déag, is ~, thirty, thirty-three. Céad ~ a ceathair, one hundred and twenty-four. (b)Na fichidí, the twenties. Tá sé sna fichidí, he is in his twenties. Sna fichidí den chéad seo, in the twenties of this century. Tá sé na ceithre fichid, he is four score. S.a. cúig 2(b).(c) (gs. form, or ds. with ar, or nom.sg. with is, used after noun preceded by cardinal or ordinal number; when preceded by cardinal number, the gs. form is lenited after plural noun ending in slender consonant) Trí leabhar ~ad, ar fhichid, is ~, twenty-three books. Trí cinn fhichead acu, twenty-three of them. Ceithre huaire ~ad, twenty-four hours. Duine is ~, twenty-one persons. An seachtú lá ~ad, the twenty-seventh day. 2. (Followed by nom. sg.) (a)~ fear, bean, twenty men, women. Trí fichid bliain, three score years. ~ míle punt, twenty thousand pounds. (b) Many. Ar fhiche bealach, in many ways. Tá ~ rud le déanamh agam, I have many things to do. Chuala mé ~ uair é, I have heard it over and over again.