seachtain
Irish
Alternative forms
- seachtmhain (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish sechtmain, from Late Latin septimāna, from Latin septimus (“seventh”).
Pronunciation
Noun
seachtain f (genitive singular seachtaine, nominative plural seachtainí)
- week
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:
- Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.
- A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.
- Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.
Declension
Declension of seachtain
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Derived terms
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
seachtain | sheachtain after an, tseachtain |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |