From Middle Irish sescar, sescair. Compare Scottish Gaelic seasgair.
seascair (genitive singular masculine seascair, genitive singular feminine seascaire, plural seascaire, comparative seascaire)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | seascair | sheascair | seascaire; sheascaire2 | |
vocative | sheascair | seascaire | ||
genitive | seascaire | seascaire | seascair | |
dative | seascair; sheascair1 |
sheascair | seascaire; sheascaire2 | |
Comparative | níos seascaire | |||
Superlative | is seascaire |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
seascair | sheascair after an, tseascair |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.