seachtó

Irish

Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : seachtó     Ordinal : seachtódú

Alternative forms

• seachtmhogha (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish sechtmoga (“seventy”), from secht (“seven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaxt̪ˠoː/

Numeral

seachtó

1. seventy

Usage notes

• Always used with nouns in the singular; triggers no mutation:

• seachtó carr ― seventy cars
• seachtó bean ― seventy women
• seachtó bliain ― seventy years

Noun

seachtó m (genitive singular seachtód, nominative plural seachtóidí)

1. seventy

Declension

Declension of seachtó

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seachtó seachtóidí Vocative a sheachtó a sheachtóidí Genitive seachtód seachtóidí Dative seachtó seachtóid (in certain phrases) seachtóidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an seachtó na seachtóidí Genitive an tseachtód na seachtóidí Dative leis an tseachtó don tseachtó leis na seachtóidí

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sechtmoga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seachtó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN