seiftiú

Irish

Alternative forms

  • seibhtiughadh (obsolete)[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛvʲtʲuː/[2], /ˈʃɛfʲtʲuː/

Noun

seiftiú m (genitive singular seiftithe)

  1. verbal noun of seiftigh
  2. improvisation

Declension

Declension of seiftiú (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative seiftiú
vocative a sheiftiú
genitive seiftithe
dative seiftiú
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an seiftiú
genitive an tseiftithe
dative leis an seiftiú
don seiftiú

Mutation

Mutated forms of seiftiú
radical lenition eclipsis
seiftiú sheiftiú
after an, tseiftiú 		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

  1. ^ “seiftiú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 82, page 34

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