seachtar

Irish

Etymology 1

From seacht (“seven”) by analogy with other personal numbers like cúigear, ochtar, etc. Not attested until Modern Irish, when it replaced mórsheisear in some dialects.

seachtar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaxt̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈʃæːxt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

seachtar m (genitive singular seachtair, nominative plural seachtair) (triggers no mutation)

1. seven people

   Synonym: mórsheisear

Usage notes

• 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

Declension of seachtar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative seachtar seachtair Vocative a sheachtair a sheachtara Genitive seachtair seachtar Dative seachtar seachtair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an seachtar na seachtair Genitive an tseachtair na seachtar Dative leis an seachtar don seachtar leis na seachtair

Derived terms

• seachtrín

Related terms

• seacht (“seven”) (non-personal)

Etymology 2

Adverb

seachtar

1. Alternative form of seachtair

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seachtar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “seachtar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “seachtar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.