sechtmain

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin septimāna, from Latin septimus (“seventh”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsʲextβ̃ɨnʲ]

Noun

sechtmain f

week

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sechtmain^L	sechtmain^L	sechtmaini^H
vocative	sechtmain^L	sechtmain^L	sechtmaini^H
accusative	sechtmaini^N	sechtmain^L	sechtmaini^H
genitive	sechtmaine^H	sechtmaine^L	sechtmaine^N
dative	sechtmaini^L	sechtmainib	sechtmainib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

sechtmainech

Related terms

sechtmonáil

Descendants

Irish: seachtain
Manx: shiaghtin
Scottish Gaelic: seachdain

Mutation

Mutation of *sechtmain*
radical	lenition	nasalization
sechtmain	ṡechtmain	sechtmain

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sechtmain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language