seachtar

Irish

Etymology 1

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.

Irish numbers (edit)
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: seacht
    Ordinal: seachtú
    Personal: mórsheisear, seachtar

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. seven people
    Synonym: mórsheisear
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
singular plural
nominative seachtar seachtair
vocative a sheachtair a sheachtara
genitive seachtair seachtar
dative seachtar seachtair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an seachtar na seachtair
genitive an tseachtair na seachtar
dative leis an seachtar
don seachtar 		leis na seachtair
Derived terms
  • seacht (“seven”) (non-personal)

Etymology 2

Adverb

seachtar

  1. alternative form of seachtair

Mutation

Mutated forms of seachtar
radical lenition eclipsis
seachtar sheachtar
after an, tseachtar 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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