seacht déag

Irish

Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : seacht déag     Ordinal : seachtú déag     Personal : seachtar déag

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaxt̪ˠ dʲeːɡ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ʃæxt̪ˠ dʲeːɡ/

Numeral

seacht déag

1. seventeen

   seacht bpunt déag ― seventeen pounds

Usage notes

When used to modify a noun, seacht triggers eclipsis of a following noun, which is in the genitive plural; déag follows the noun.

The form aon deich a seacht was prescribed by Peadar Ua Laoghaire in the 1920s, but it is unclear whether it has ever been used by native speakers.

Mutation

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