sàs

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Early Irish sás ‘snare, trap, noose’, from Middle Irish sén ‘trap (esp. for catching birds)’, from Proto-Celtic *segno-, *sogno- ‘trap, snare’, from Proto-Indo-European *seg- ‘attach, touch, sow’ (semantic development from ‘attach’ to ‘catch’, hence ‘snare’).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːs/

Verb

sàs (past shàs, future sàsaidh, verbal noun sàsadh, past participle sàsta)

1. seize, grasp
2. adhere to

Derived terms

an sàs (“caught/stuck in/on; engaged/involved in”, adverb)