Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse seinn, from Proto-Germanic *sainaz, *sainijaz, related to *sīþuz (late).

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Adjective

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seinn (comparative seinni, superlative seinastur or (archaic, obsolete) seinstur)

  1. late, tardy
    Synonym: síðkvæmur
    Hann hlýtur að vera kominn — hann er aldrei seinn.
    He must be here already—he's never late.
    Við erum orðnar seinar í tíma!
    We're late for class!
  2. slow
    Synonym: hægur

Declension

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See also

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References

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  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “seinn”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “seinn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish sendim, from Old Irish sennim, seinnid (to make a sound, play an instrument),[1] from Proto-Celtic *swannati, from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-.

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Verb

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seinn (present analytic seinneann, future analytic seinnfidh, verbal noun seinm, past participle seinnte)

  1. play (musical intrument)
    Is fada an bheirt cheoltóirí seo ag seinm le chéile.
    The two musicians have been playing together for a long time.
  2. sing, warble, chatter

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of seinn
radical lenition eclipsis
seinn sheinn
after an, tseinn
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “seinnid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 78

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish sendim, from Old Irish sennim, seinnid (to make a sound, play an instrument).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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seinn (past sheinn, future seinnidh, verbal noun seinn, past participle seinnte)

  1. sing
  2. play (bagpipes)
  3. (dated) play (other musical instruments)

Noun

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seinn f (genitive singular seinne)

  1. singing

Mutation

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Mutation of seinn
radical lenition
seinn sheinn
after "an", t-seinn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Ternes, Elmar (1973) The phonemic analysis of Scottish Gaelic: based on the dialect of Applecross, Ross-shire, Hamburg: Helmut Buske