seachtar

Irish

Etymology 1

From seacht (“seven”) by analogy with other personal numbers like cúigear, ochtar, etc. Not attested until Modern Irish, when it replaced mórsheisear in some dialects.

seachtar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaxt̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈʃæːxt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

seachtar m (genitive singular seachtair, nominative plural seachtair) (triggers no mutation)

1. seven people

   Synonym: mórsheisear

Usage notes

• Generally used with the genitive plural when referring to human beings; also sometimes used with other nouns, especially if the things they denote are being personified.

Declension

Declension of seachtar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative seachtar seachtair vocative a sheachtair a sheachtara genitive seachtair seachtar dative seachtar seachtair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an seachtar na seachtair genitive an tseachtair na seachtar dative leis an seachtar don seachtar leis na seachtair

Derived terms

• seachtrín

Related terms

• seacht (“seven”) (non-personal)

Etymology 2

Adverb

seachtar

1. Alternative form of seachtair

Mutation

Mutated forms of seachtar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seachtar	sheachtar after an, tseachtar	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seachtar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seachtar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seachtar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024