seoigh
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From seó (“show”) (from English show) + -igh, alternative form of -í.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
seoigh (genitive singular feminine seoighe, plural seoighe, comparative seoighe)
Declension edit
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 edit
- “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 (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 40