séasún

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, seison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“sowing, planting”), from serō (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃeːˈsˠuːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːsˠuːnˠ/, /ˈʃeːsˠuːn̪ˠ/

Noun

séasún m (genitive singular séasúin, nominative plural séasúin)

1. Alternative form of séasúr

Declension

Declension of séasún

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative séasún séasúin Vocative a shéasúin a shéasúna Genitive séasúin séasún Dative séasún séasúin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an séasún na séasúin Genitive an tséasúin na séasún Dative leis an séasún don séasún leis na séasúin

Mutation

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