seicheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish seichem (“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
• príomhsheicheamh
• seicheamh comhbhreise, seicheamh uimhríochtúil
• seicheamh iolraíoch

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of seicheamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seicheamh	sheicheamh after an, tseicheamh	not applicable

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

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