sechtmain

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin septimāna, from Latin septimus (“seventh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʲext̪β̃ənʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈsʲext̪β̃ɪnʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈsʲext̪β̃ɨnʲ]

Noun

sechtmain f

1. week

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sechtmainL	sechtmainL	sechtmainiH
vocative	sechtmainL	sechtmainL	sechtmainiH
accusative	sechtmainiN	sechtmainL	sechtmainiH
genitive	sechtmaineH	sechtmaineL	sechtmaineN
dative	sechtmainiL	sechtmainib	sechtmainib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• sechtmainech

Related terms

• sechtmonáil

Descendants

• Irish: seachtain
• Manx: shiaghtin
• Scottish Gaelic: seachdain

Mutation

Mutation of sechtmain

radical	lenition	nasalization
sechtmain	ṡechtmain	sechtmain

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sechtmain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language