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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish séitid (compare Welsh chwythu (“to blow”)).
Noun
sèid m (genitive singular sèid, plural sèidean)
- blowing, puff
Verb
sèid (past shèid, future sèididh, verbal noun sèideadh, past participle sèidte)
- blow, breathe in, breathe out
- sèid suas a' phìob ― play the pipes (literally, “blow the pipes”)
- bloat, inflate
- swell, puff up
- pant, puff
- (dated) instigate
- Is tusa a tha 'ga shèideach. ― It is you that instigates him