cúig, num. s. & a. Five. 1. m. (gs. ~, pl. ~eanna).(a) (In counting; usually preceded by particle a. See a3)A ~ déag, fifteen. Fiche a ~, ~ is fiche, twenty-five. Céad is a ~, one hundred and five. A ~ is a ~, five and five. (A) ~ nó (a) sé de (bhlianta), five or six (years). A ~ a chlog, five o’clock. Uimhir, cuid, a ~, number, part, five. (b)Trí chúig, three fives. Faoi chúig, five times, fivefold. (c) (Of figure, series) Tá an ~ agam, I have the five. Fág an ~ ar lár, omit the five. (d) Score of five in certain card games, trick. ~ a fháil, to gain a trick, score a five (in game of twenty-five, etc.). Leatsa an ~ sin, that is your trick. Bheith trí chúig, to have scored three tricks, be fifteen up. (e) Trick, stratagem. Beidh ~ éigin aige i gcónaí, he is up to every trick. Tá gach aon chúig iompaithe aige, he has tried every stratagem. Níl aon chúig ann, there are no wiles in him. 2. (a) (Followed by sg. or pl. of noun & pl. of a.; lenites initial consonant of sg. noun, prefixes h to initial vowel of pl. noun) ~ troithe, ~ mhíle, five feet, five miles. ~ scadán ghoirte, five salt herrings. ~ seachtaine déag, ~ mhí dhéag, fifteen weeks, fifteen months. ~ huaire fichead, (i) twenty-five times, (ii) twenty-five hours. ~ fichid, five score, one hundred, ~ chéad, ~ mhíle, five hundred, five thousand. (b)~ fichead, (card-game of twenty-five. (Var. of 1:f)