In certain cases in Irish, the singular form is used for a plural noun. The following are examples of when this happens:
- Often after cardinal numbers
| Gaeilge |
Béarla |
| trí lá |
three days |
| fiche uair |
twenty times |
| seacht n-oíche |
seven nights |
| céad capall |
a hundred horses |
- With certain nouns in the genetive plural
| Gaeilge |
Béarla |
| hataí na bhfear |
the men's hats |
| ag glanadh na bhfuinneog |
cleaning the windows |
- After cá mhéad
| Gaeilge |
Béarla |
| cá mhéad duine? |
How many people? |
| cá mhéad uair? |
How many times? |
- After is iomaí
| Gaeilge |
Béarla |
| is iomaí fear |
many men |
| is iomaí uair |
many times |
- After cúpla
| Gaeilge |
Béarla |
| cúpla lá |
a few days |
| cúpla pingin |
a few pennies |