seachtar

Irish
seachtar

Etymology

From seacht (“seven”) by analogy with other personal numbers like cúigear, ochtar, etc. Not attested until Modern Irish, when it replaced mórsheisear in some dialects.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaxt̪ˠəɾˠ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈʃæːxt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

seachtar m (genitive singular seachtair, nominative plural seachtair) (triggers no mutation)

  1. seven people

Usage notes
  • Generally used with the genitive plural when referring to human beings; also sometimes used with other nouns, especially if the things they denote are being personified.

Declension
Declension of seachtar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seachtar seachtair
Vocative a sheachtair a sheachtara
Genitive seachtair seachtar
Dative seachtar seachtair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an seachtar na seachtair
Genitive an tseachtair na seachtar
Dative leis an seachtar

don seachtar

 leis na seachtair

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • seacht (“seven”) (non-personal)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seachtar sheachtar
after an, tseachtar		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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