seicheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sechem (“following”), verbal noun of seichithir (“follows”).

Noun

seicheamh m (genitive singular seichimh, nominative plural seichimh)

1. (act of) following, taking after, imitating
2. sequence
3. (mathematics) sequence, progression

Declension

Declension of seicheamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative seicheamh seichimh Vocative a sheichimh a sheicheamha Genitive seichimh seicheamh Dative seicheamh seichimh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an seicheamh na seichimh Genitive an tseichimh na seicheamh Dative leis an seicheamh don seicheamh leis na seichimh

Derived terms

• fosheicheamh (“subsequence”)
• príomhsheicheamh (“main sequence”)
• seicheamh comhbhreise, seicheamh uimhríochtúil (“arithmetic progression”)
• seicheamh iolraíoch (“geometric progression”)

 

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seicheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sechem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seicheamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seicheamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024