seachtain

Irish

Alternative forms

• seachtmhain (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish sechtmain, from Late Latin septimāna, from Latin septimus (“seventh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaxt̪ˠənʲ/

Noun

seachtain f (genitive singular seachtaine, nominative plural seachtainí)

1. week
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:

     Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.

     A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.

Declension

Declension of seachtain

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seachtain seachtainí Vocative a sheachtain a sheachtainí Genitive seachtaine seachtainí Dative seachtain seachtainí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tseachtain na seachtainí Genitive na seachtaine na seachtainí Dative leis an tseachtain don tseachtain leis na seachtainí

Derived terms

• deireadh seachtaine
• seachtainiúil
• seachtanán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seachtain	sheachtain after an, tseachtain	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), “seachtain”, 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 32