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Irish
Etymology
From sé + -ú. Largely replaced the historical form seiseadh, which is now literary or archaic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
séú (not comparable)
- sixth
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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| Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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| Nominative
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séú
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shéú
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séú;
shéú²
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| Vocative
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shéú
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séú
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| Genitive
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séú
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séú
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séú
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| Dative
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séú;
shéú¹
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shéú
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séú;
shéú²
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| Comparative
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(not comparable)
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| Superlative
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(not comparable)
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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)
- a sixth
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| séú
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shéú
after an, tséú
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- “séú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “séú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN, retrieved 16 June 2024
- Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “séú”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm, retrieved 16 June 2024