séú

See also: seu, SEU, seü, sèu, sɛu, and sếu

Irish

Alternative forms

• seumhadh, sé-mhadh, séadha, séamhadh, sémhadh, séámhadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From sé +‎ -ú. Largely replaced the historical form seiseadh, which is now literary or archaic.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃeːˈuː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːu/

Adjective

Irish ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : sé     Ordinal : séú

séú (not comparable)

1. sixth

Declension

Declension of séú

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	séú	shéú	séú; shéú²
Vocative	shéú		séú
Genitive		séú	séú	séú
Dative	séú; shéú¹	shéú	séú; shéú²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Noun

séú m (genitive singular séú, nominative plural séithe)

1. a sixth

Declension

Declension of séú

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative séú séithe Vocative a shéú a shéithe Genitive séú séithe Dative séú séithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an séú na séithe Genitive an tséú na séithe Dative leis an séú don séú leis na séithe

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “séú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “séú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN