seachtain

Irish

Alternative forms

• seachmhain, seachtmhain, seachtmhuin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish sechtmain, from Late Latin septimāna, from Latin septimus (“seventh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaxt̪ˠənʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaxt̪ˠənʲ/, /ˈʃaxt̪ˠən̠ʲ/

Noun

seachtain f (genitive singular seachtaine, nominative plural seachtainí)

1. 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.

Declension

Declension of seachtain (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative seachtain seachtainí vocative a sheachtain a sheachtainí genitive seachtaine seachtainí dative seachtain seachtainí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tseachtain na seachtainí genitive na seachtaine na seachtainí dative leis an tseachtain don tseachtain leis na seachtainí

Derived terms

• deireadh seachtaine
• Seachtain na Páise
• seachtainiúil
• seachtanán

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of seachtain

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seachtain	sheachtain after an, tseachtain	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seachtain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN