shiaghtin

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish sechtmain, from Latin septimāna, from septimus (“seventh”). Cognate with Irish seachtain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaxtənʲ/

Noun

shiaghtin f (genitive singular shiaghtiney, plural shiaghteeyn)

  1. week
    Bee shiaghtin Jemayrt shoh çheet. ― It will be a week come Tuesday.
    Hug eh fogrey shiaghtiney daue. ― He gave them a week's notice.

Mutation

Mutation of shiaghtin
radical lenition eclipsis
shiaghtin hiaghtin
after "yn", çhiaghtin		 unchanged

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

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