seisc
Irish
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Irish seisc, from Proto-Celtic *sex-skā, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).[1] Cognate with Welsh hesg.
Noun
editseisc f (genitive singular seisce, nominative plural seiscí)
Declension
editDeclension of seisc
Derived terms
edit- rísheisc f (“bur-reed”)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editAdjective
editseisc (genitive singular masculine seisc, genitive singular feminine seisce, plural seisce, comparative seisce)
- Alternative form of seasc (“barren”)
Declension
editDeclension of seisc
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | seisc | sheisc | seisce; sheisce² | |
Vocative | sheisc | seisce | ||
Genitive | seisce | seisce | seisc | |
Dative | seisc; sheisc¹ |
sheisc | seisce; sheisce² | |
Comparative | níos seisce | |||
Superlative | is seisce |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
seisc | sheisc after an, tseisc |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 seisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish second-declension nouns
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