seoigh

Irish

Alternative forms

• seoidh, seóidh, seóigh (obsolete)

Etymology

From seó (“show”) (from English show) + -igh (adjectival suffix), alternative form of -í.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃoːɟ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʃoːj/

Adjective

seoigh (genitive singular feminine seoighe, plural seoighe, comparative seoighe)

1. excellent, grand, wonderful, great

   go seoigh ― swimmingly

Declension

Declension of seoigh

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	seoigh	sheoigh	seoighe; sheoighe2
vocative	sheoigh		seoighe
genitive		seoighe	seoighe	seoigh
dative	seoigh; sheoigh1	sheoigh	seoighe; sheoighe2
Comparative	níos seoighe
Superlative	is seoighe

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Further reading

• “seoigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seoiġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 637
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seoigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 40