seiftiú

Irish

Alternative forms

• seibhtiughadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛfʲtʲu/

Noun

seiftiú m (genitive singular seiftithe)

1. verbal noun of seiftigh
2. improvisation

Declension

Declension of seiftiú

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative seiftiú Vocative a sheiftiú Genitive seiftithe Dative seiftiú

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an seiftiú Genitive an tseiftithe Dative leis an seiftiú don seiftiú

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “seiftiú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seiftiú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34