seacht déag

Irish

Irish cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : seacht déag
    Ordinal : seachtú déag
    Personal : seachtar déag

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaxt̪ˠ dʲeːɡ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ʃæxt̪ˠ dʲeːɡ/

Numeral

seacht déag

  1. seventeen
    seacht bpunt déag ― seventeen pounds

Usage notes

When used to modify a noun, seacht triggers eclipsis of a following noun, which is in the genitive plural; déag follows the noun.

The form aon deich a seacht was prescribed by Peadar Ua Laoghaire in the 1920s, but it is unclear whether it has ever been used by native speakers.

Mutation

Mutated forms of seacht déag
radical lenition eclipsis
seacht déag sheacht déag
after an, tseacht déag 		not applicable

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

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