séú

See also: seu, SEU, seü, sèu, sɛu, and sếu

Irish

Irish numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: sé
    Ordinal: séú
    Personal: seisear

Alternative forms

  • seumhadh, sé-mhadh, séadha, séamhadh, sémhadh, séámhadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From sé +‎ -ú. Largely replaced the historical form seiseadh, which is now literary or archaic.

Pronunciation

Adjective

séú (not comparable)

  1. sixth

Declension

Declension of séú
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative séú shéú séú;
shéú2
vocative shéú séú
genitive séú séú séú
dative séú;
shéú1 		shéú séú;
shéú2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

séú m (genitive singular séú, nominative plural séithe)

  1. a sixth

Declension

Declension of séú (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative séú séithe
vocative a shéú a shéithe
genitive séú séithe
dative séú séithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an séú na séithe
genitive an tséú na séithe
dative leis an séú
don séú 		leis na séithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of séú
radical lenition eclipsis
séú shéú
after an, tséú 		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

  • “séú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “séú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN, retrieved 16 June 2024
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “séú”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm, retrieved 16 June 2024
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