seoigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • seoidh, seóidh, seóigh (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From seó (“show”) (from English show) + -igh (adjectival suffix), alternative form of -í.

Pronunciation

Adjective

seoigh (genitive singular feminine seoighe, plural seoighe, comparative seoighe)

  1. excellent, grand, wonderful, great
    go seoigh ― swimmingly

Declension

Declension of seoigh
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative seoigh sheoigh seoighe;
sheoighe2
vocative sheoigh seoighe
genitive seoighe seoighe seoigh
dative seoigh;
sheoigh1 		sheoigh seoighe;
sheoighe2
Comparative níos seoighe
Superlative is seoighe

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

References

  1. ^ “seoigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 40

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