séú

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

Irish

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
Irish ordinal numbers
 <  5th 6th 7th  > 
    Cardinal : sé
    Ordinal : séú

séú (not comparable)

  1. sixth

Declension
Declension of séú
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative séú séithe
Vocative a shéú a shéithe
Genitive séú séithe
Dative séú séithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an séú na séithe
Genitive an tséú na séithe
Dative leis an séú

don séú

 leis na séithe

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
séú shéú
after an, tséú		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “séú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “séú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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