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seas
seas
Estonian
Etymology 1
Inessive case of siga.
Noun
seas
- Inessive singular form of siga.
Etymology 2
Derived from segama (“to stir, to mix”)
Postposition
seas
Irish
Etymology
From earlier seasamh, seasaigh, seasmhaigh, denominative from the verbal noun seasamh, from Old Irish sessam, verbal noun of sissidir, from Proto-Celtic *sista-, from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, reduplicated present of *steh₂-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃasˠ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ʃæsˠ/
Verb
seas (present analytic seasann, future analytic seasfaidh, verbal noun seasamh, past participle seasta)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | seasaim | seasann tú; seasair† |
seasann sé, sí | seasaimid | seasann sibh | seasann siad; seasaid† |
a sheasann; a sheasas / a seasann*; a seasas* |
seastar |
| past | sheas mé; sheasas | sheas tú; sheasais | sheas sé, sí | sheasamar; sheas muid | sheas sibh; sheasabhair | sheas siad; sheasadar | a sheas / ar sheas* |
seasadh | |
| past habitual | sheasainn | sheastá | sheasadh sé, sí | sheasaimis; sheasadh muid | sheasadh sibh | sheasaidís; sheasadh siad | a sheasadh / ar sheasadh* |
sheastaí | |
| future | seasfaidh mé; seasfad |
seasfaidh tú; seasfair† |
seasfaidh sé, sí | seasfaimid; seasfaidh muid |
seasfaidh sibh | seasfaidh siad; seasfaid† |
a sheasfaidh; a sheasfas / a seasfaidh*; a seasfas* |
seasfar | |
| conditional | sheasfainn | sheasfá | sheasfadh sé, sí | sheasfaimis; sheasfadh muid | sheasfadh sibh | sheasfaidís; sheasfadh siad | a sheasfadh / ar sheasfadh* |
sheasfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go seasa mé; go seasad† |
go seasa tú; go seasair† |
go seasa sé, sí | go seasaimid; go seasa muid |
go seasa sibh | go seasa siad; go seasaid† |
— | go seastar |
| past | dá seasainn | dá seastá | dá seasadh sé, sí | dá seasaimis; dá seasadh muid |
dá seasadh sibh | dá seasaidís; dá seasadh siad |
— | dá seastaí | |
| imperative | seasaim | seas | seasadh sé, sí | seasaimis | seasaigí; seasaidh† |
seasaidís | — | seastar | |
| verbal noun | seasamh | ||||||||
| past participle | seasta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seas | sheas after an, tseas |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*si-sta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 338
- “sessaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “sessaigid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “sessmaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “sessmaigid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “seasuighim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "seas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.