Headwords

seacht, uair

Description

Áibhéil chun méid mhór a chur in iúl.

Corpus examples

• "Tá an Tromdháimh go léir curtha as a meabhair aici. Is measa í 'ná Muirean seacht n-uaire. Tháinig mian di agus is eagal liom ná fuil ar chumas aoinne an mian a sholáthar di.

• Má deireann tú a mhalairt sin déarfir an t-éiteach! Agus dá ndéarfá é seacht n-uaire déarfinn leat seacht n-uaire gur thugais t-éitheach! Ná tabhair freagra orm anois!

• Bhí fáinní óir agus clocha loghmhara agus órnáidí ríoga acu d'á gcur ar an mbórd i n'aice aice go dtí go raibh cruach acu ann a bhí seacht n-uaire níos aoirde 'ná Eisirt féin.

Usage

Is féidir comhpháirt amháin (seacht) den nath seo a idirmhalartú le huimhir eile: naoi.

Cross-references

• seacht n-oiread
• seacht míle

Additional examples

• 3. (Used as intensifying adjective) Rinne mé mo sheacht ndícheall leis, I did the very best I could with it.

• Like 3 and 9 treated as a potent and formal number; 7 crosses were used for consecrating altars (5 acc. to L. B.), and groups of ecclesiastical ruins are called "seven churches"; 7, as also 4, was a favourite Celtic number in public organisation (O' Leary).

• 335. Splendid as it was outside, it was far and away more so within. Má b'aluinn ó'n dtaobh amuich é ba sheacht n-áluinne 'ná san ó'n dtaobh istigh é.