seisear

Irish

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

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

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.

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 of seisear (first declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an seisear	na seisir
genitive	an tseisir	na seisear
dative	leis an seisear don seisear	leis na seisir

Mutated forms of *seisear*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
seisear	sheisear after an, tseisear	not applicable

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

“seisear”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024, retrieved 16 June 2024
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “six”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, retrieved 16 June 2024
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seisear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN, retrieved 16 June 2024
Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “seisear”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm, retrieved 16 June 2024
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “seisser”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, retrieved 16 June 2024

seisear m (genitive singular seiseir, plural seisearan)

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

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.

Edward Dwelly (1911) “seisear”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “seisser”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language