seisg

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• seasg

Etymology

From Middle Irish seisc, from Proto-Celtic *sexskā. Cognate with Irish seisc and Welsh hesg, and more distantly, English sedge and German Segge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeʃkʲ/

Noun

seisg f (genitive singular seisge, plural seisgean)

1. sedge

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
seisg	sheisg after "an", t-seisg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “seisg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “seisg” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.