seisreach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sesrech, from the root of sé (“six”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛʃɾʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛʃɾʲa(x)/

Noun

seisreach f (genitive singular seisrí, nominative plural seisreacha)

1. plow team
2. plow

Declension

Declension of seisreach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seisreach seisreacha Vocative a sheisreach a sheisreacha Genitive seisrí seisreach Dative seisreach seisrigh (archaic, dialectal) seisreacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tseisreach na seisreacha Genitive na seisrí na seisreach Dative leis an tseisreach leis an tseisrigh (archaic, dialectal) don tseisreach don tseisrigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na seisreacha

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “seisreach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seisreaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 636