seisear

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Irish

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Irish numbers (edit)
 ←  5 6 7  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal:
    Ordinal: séú
    Personal: seisear
seisear

Etymology

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From Old Irish seisser.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seisear m (genitive singular seisir, nominative plural seisir) (triggers no mutation)

  1. group of six people
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Bhí sé pósta ar sheisear ban i ndiaidh a chéile, acht do mharbhuigh sé alig an tsaoghal iad, ar eagla go mbeidheadh páistídhe ar bith aca.
      He was married to six wives, one after another, but he killed all-in-the-world of them for fear they should have any children at all.

Usage notes

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  • Generally used with the genitive plural when referring to human beings; also sometimes used with other nouns, especially if the things they denote are being personified.

Declension

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Derived terms

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  • (six) (non-personal)

Mutation

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

References

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish seisser.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seisear m (genitive singular seiseir, plural seisearan)

  1. six
    Synonym: sianar

Usage notes

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  • Only used about persons (cf numerical noun).
  • Following noun is in the genitive:
    seisear bhalachsix boys
  • Alternatively, de and the dative are used:
    seisear de bhalaichsix boys
  • Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig
    an seisear dhiubh / acathe six of them
  • Also used on its own:
    Bha seisear ann.There were six.
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Mutation

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Mutation of seisear
radical lenition
seisear sheisear
after "an", t-seisear

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

References

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