Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish sén, from Latin signum.

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

séan m (genitive singular séin, nominative plural séana)

  1. sign, omen
  2. good luck, prosperity, happiness
    Sonas agus séan ort.
    May you be happy and prosperous.
    ár lá séinour lucky day
  3. (mathematics) index
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Verb edit

séan (present analytic séanann, future analytic séanfaidh, verbal noun séanadh, past participle séanta)

  1. (transitive) to mark with a sign, to bless
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Irish sénaid.

Verb edit

séan (present analytic séanann, future analytic séanfaidh, verbal noun séanadh, past participle séanta)

  1. (transitive and intransitive) to deny:
    1. to declare untrue
    2. to disavow, repudiate
    3. (with preposition ar) to refuse
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
séan shéan
after an, tséan
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit