Irish

Numeral

seacht (triggers eclipsis of a following noun (which is in the genitive plural))

1. (cardinal) seven

   seacht gcapall‎ ― seven horses

   seacht n-uaire‎ ― seven times

   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:

     Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.

     A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.

Derived terms

• seachtar (used to modify nouns referring to human beings)
• seachtú (ordinal)

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