seisc

Irish

Alternative forms

• seisg (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛʃc/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish seisc, from Proto-Celtic *sex-skā, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with Welsh hesg.

Noun

seisc f (genitive singular seisce, nominative plural seiscí)

1. sedge

   Synonym: cíb

Declension

Declension of seisc

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seisc seiscí Vocative a sheisc a sheiscí Genitive seisce seiscí Dative seisc seiscí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tseisc na seiscí Genitive na seisce na seiscí Dative leis an tseisc don tseisc leis na seiscí

Derived terms

• rísheisc f (“bur-reed”)

Related terms

• seascann

Etymology 2

Adjective

seisc (genitive singular masculine seisc, genitive singular feminine seisce, plural seisce, comparative seisce)

1. Alternative form of seasc (“barren”)

Declension

Declension of seisc

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

Irish mutation
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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN