shiaghtin
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish sechtmain, from Latin septimāna, from septimus (“seventh”). Cognate with Irish seachtain.
Noun
shiaghtin f (genitive singular shiaghtiney, plural shiaghteeyn)
- week
- Bee shiaghtin Jemayrt shoh çheet. ― It will be a week come Tuesday.
- Hug eh fogrey shiaghtiney daue. ― He gave them a week's notice.
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| shiaghtin | hiaghtin after "yn", çhiaghtin | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||