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Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish sét (“path, way”), from Proto-Celtic *sentus (compare Welsh hynt), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).
Noun
séad m (genitive singular séada, nominative plural séada)
- path, way
Declension
Etymology 2
From Old Irish sét (“object of value, chattel”). Doublet of seoid and possibly saint.
Noun
séad m (genitive singular séada, nominative plural séada) (literary)
- valuable (personal possession of relatively great monetary value)
- chattel (tangible, movable property)
- objet d'art
- (in the plural) treasures, wealth
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From English jade.
Noun
séad m (genitive singular séid)
- jade (gem)
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| séad
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shéad
after an, tséad
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 sét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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