seasg

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃesk/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *siskʷos

Old Irish sesc

Middle Irish sesc

Scottish Gaelic seasg

From Old Irish sesc, from Proto-Celtic *siskʷos (“dry”). Cognate with Irish seasc, Welsh hysb, and Latin siccus.

Adjective

seasg (comparative seisge)

1. sterile, barren
2. infertile, dry (non-milch)
   • 1887 December 21, Rev. McRury, Transactions, Inverness Gaelic Society, page 102:

     'Nam measg bha 'n aon bhò aige fhein; oir, o 'n a bha i seasg air a'bhliadhna ud, b' fhearr leis a cur do 'n bheinn na bhith 'ga beathachadh aig a' bhaile.

     Among them was one cow of his own; because, since she was dry that year, he preferred to send her to the mountain than to feed her at the town.

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative	seasg	sheasg	seasga
Vocative	sheisge	sheisge	seasg
Genitive	sheisge	sheisge/seisge	seasg
Dative	sheasg	sheisge	seasg

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Scottish Gaelic seisg

Scottish Gaelic seasg

Variant spelling of seisg.

Noun

seasg m (genitive singular seisg, plural seasgan)

1. Alternative form of seisg (“sedge”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “seasg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “seasg (adjective)” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
• “seasg (noun)” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “seasg”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[2], Stirling, →ISBN, page 306