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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Early Irish sás ‘snare, trap, noose’, from Middle Irish sén ‘trap (esp. for catching birds)’, from Proto-Celtic *segno-, *sogno- ‘trap, snare’, from Proto-Indo-European *seg- ‘attach, touch, sow’ (semantic development from ‘attach’ to ‘catch’, hence ‘snare’).
Pronunciation
Verb
sàs (past shàs, future sàsaidh, verbal noun sàsadh, past participle sàsta)
- seize, grasp
- adhere to
Derived terms
an sàs (“caught/stuck in/on; engaged/involved in”, adverb)