seachtain

Irish

Alternative forms

  • seachmhain, seachtmhain, seachtmhuin (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish sechtmain, from Late Latin septimāna, from Latin septimus (seventh).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaxt̪ˠənʲ/[3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃaxt̪ˠənʲ/[4], /ˈʃaxt̪ˠən̠ʲ/[5]

Noun

seachtain f (genitive singular seachtaine, nominative plural seachtainí)

  1. week

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
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.

References

  1. seachtain”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sechtmain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 32
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75
  5. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90

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