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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish sesca.[2]
Numeral
seasca
- 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)
- sixty
Declension
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
- nominative/vocative/strong genitive/dative plural of seasc
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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seasca
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sheasca after an, tseasca
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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
- ^ “seasca”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ 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