seasca

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Irish

Irish numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  50 60 70  → 
6
    Cardinal: seasca, trí fichid, trí scór
    Ordinal: seascadú

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sesca.[2]

Numeral

seasca

  1. sixty
Usage notes
  • Always used with nouns in the singular or with the count plural of time words; triggers h-prothesis:
  • seasca carr ― sixty cars
  • seasca bean ― sixty women
  • seasca bliain/bliana ― sixty years
  • seasca huaire ― sixty hours
Synonyms

Noun

seasca m (genitive singular seascad, nominative plural seascaidí)

  1. sixty
Declension
Declension of seasca (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative seasca seasacaidí
vocative a sheasca a sheasacaidí
genitive seascad seasacaidí
dative seasca
seascaid (in certain phrases) 		seasacaidí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an seasca na seasacaidí
genitive an tseascad na seasacaidí
dative leis an tseasca
don tseasca 		leis na seasacaidí

Further reading

  • “sixty”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sixty”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seascad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 632
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seasca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN, retrieved 21 May 2024
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “seasca”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm, retrieved 21 May 2024

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

seasca

  1. nominative/vocative/strong genitive/dative plural of seasc

Mutation

Mutated forms of seasca
radical lenition eclipsis
seasca sheasca
after an, tseasca 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “seasca”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sesca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, retrieved 21 May 2024
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