Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish sét (object of value; ornament, jewel),[1] from Proto-Celtic *swantos. Doublet of séad (chattels) and possibly saint. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic seud.

Noun

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seoid f (genitive singular seoide, nominative plural seoda)

  1. jewel, gem
  2. (in a negative sentence) nothing at all
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
      Ní dubhairt an mháthair seóid ach : « Tá go maith, a inghean ó ».
      The mother said nothing at all but, “That is well, daughter.”
Declension
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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seoid m

  1. genitive singular of seod

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seoid sheoid
after an, tseoid
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 sét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ seoid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy