seachdnar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛxkəɾ/

Noun

seachdnar m (genitive singular seachdnair, plural seachdnaran)

1. seven

Usage notes

• Only used about persons (cf numerical noun).
• Following noun is in the genitive:

  seachdnar bhalach ― seven boys

• Alternatively, de and the dative are used:

  seachdnar de bhalaich ― seven boys

• Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig

  an seachdnar dhiubh / aca ― the seven of them

• Also used on its own:

  Bha seachdnar ann. ― There were seven.

Related terms

• seachd
• seachdad

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
seachdnar	sheachdnar after "an", t-seachdnar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “seachdnar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN