seach

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sech, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷo-, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”). Cognate with Welsh heb (“without”).

Preposition

seach (plus nominative, triggers no mutation)

  1. (literary) by, past, beyond
  2. other than, rather than, more than
Inflection
Inflection of seach
Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. seacham seachamsa
2d person sing. seachad seachadsa
3d sing. masc. seacha seachasan
3d sing. fem. seacha seachaise
1st person pl. seachainn seachainne
2d person pl. seachaibh seachaibhse
3d person pl. seacha seachasan
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

seach

  1. Only used in faoi seach

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 210 x (3)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sech, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷo-, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

seach (+ nominative)

  1. rather than
  2. compared to, in comparison with
    Tha e neònach na dhòighean seach iomadh ainmhidh eile.
    It is peculiar in its behaviour compared to many other animals.
    Tha a chòig uiread de dhaoine a’ fuireach ann an Nepal, seach Alba.
    Five times as many people live in Nepal as in Scotland.
  3. after, past (usually when referring to a sequence)

Usage notes

  • Placed between two identical words has the meaning of "either" or "neither":
    na creid fear seach fear aca ― don't believe either of them
    cha b' e aon seach aon ― it was neither one nor the other
    chan eil sin cothromach do dh'àite seach àite ― that isn't fair to either place

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 210 x (3)

West Frisian

Verb

seach

  1. first/third-person singular simple past of sjen: I/he/she/it saw
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