seachtú
Irish
[edit]| < 6ú | 7ú | 8ú > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : seacht Ordinal : seachtú | ||
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish sechtmad. By surface analysis, seacht + -ú.
Adjective
[edit]seachtú (abbreviated 7ú)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | seachtú | sheachtú | seachtú; sheachtú2 | |
| vocative | sheachtú | seachtú | ||
| genitive | seachtú | seachtú | seachtú | |
| dative | seachtú; sheachtú1 |
sheachtú | seachtú; sheachtú2 | |
| Comparative | níos seachtú | |||
| Superlative | is seachtú | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| seachtú | sheachtú after an, tseachtú |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- “seachtú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sechtmad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seaċtṁaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 623
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seachtú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN