seachtainiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• seachtmhaineamhail (superseded)

Etymology

From seachtain +‎ -úil.

Adjective

seachtainiúil (genitive singular masculine seachtainiúil, genitive singular feminine seachtainiúla, plural seachtainiúla, not comparable)

1. weekly

Declension

Declension of seachtainiúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	seachtainiúil	sheachtainiúil	seachtainiúla; sheachtainiúla²
Vocative	sheachtainiúil		seachtainiúla
Genitive		seachtainiúla	seachtainiúla	seachtainiúil
Dative	seachtainiúil; sheachtainiúil¹	sheachtainiúil	seachtainiúla; sheachtainiúla²
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.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seachtainiúil	sheachtainiúil after an, tseachtainiúil	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) “seachtainiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seachtainiúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seachtainiúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024