seascair
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish sescar, sescair. Compare Scottish Gaelic seasgair.
Adjective
seascair (genitive singular masculine seascair, genitive singular feminine seascaire, plural seascaire, comparative seascaire)
Declension
Declension of seascair
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | seascair | sheascair | seascaire; sheascaire² | |
| Vocative | sheascair | seascaire | ||
| Genitive | seascaire | seascaire | seascair | |
| Dative | seascair; sheascair¹ |
sheascair | seascaire; sheascaire² | |
| Comparative | níos seascaire | |||
| Superlative | is seascaire | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seascair | sheascair after an, tseascair |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seascair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sescar, sescair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “seascair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “seascair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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