seissed

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Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish seissed.

Adjective

seissed

  1. sixth
    • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
      Is í sein int ṡeised bruiden ro·boi i n‑hErind in tan sin []
      That is one of the six halls that were in Ireland at that time
      (literally, “That is the sixth hall that was ”)

Descendants

  • Irish: seiseadh
  • Scottish Gaelic: seiseadh

Mutation

Mutation of seissed
radical lenition nasalization
seissed ṡeissed unchanged

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *swexstos, with -ed added by analogy with cóiced.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Old Irish ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal :
    Ordinal : seissed

seissed

  1. sixth

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative seissed seissed seissed
Vocative seissid*
seissed**
Accusative seissed seissid
Genitive seissid seisside seissid
Dative seissed seissid seissed
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative seissid seisseda
Vocative seissedu
seisseda
Accusative seissedu
seisseda
Genitive seissed
Dative seissedaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

The form seissid is the only attested inflected form. The trisyllabic forms shown in the table are expected to have undergone syncope and surface as *seiste (genitive singular feminine), *sestu (accusative/​vocative plural masculine), *sesta (nominative/​vocative/​accusative plural feminine/​neuter), *sestaib (dative plural), but these are not actually attested.

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of seissed
radical lenition nasalization
seissed ṡeissed unchanged

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

Further reading