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Irish
Adverb
seadh
- Superseded spelling of sea.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
is + eadh
Pronunciation
Interjection
seadh
- (uncommon, chiefly archaic) yes (in answer to a question formed with an eadh)
- OK, fine, yes (in acknowledgement of an utterance generally)
- indeed, really (to give emphasis)
Usage notes
- Originally, is eadh answers the question an eadh just as 's e answers the question an e, and in this context simply means "yes". The corresponding answer "no" is chan eadh.
- However, it has since become lexicalized and is often perceived as a single word with a more general affirmative meaning. Nevertheless, it is not an all-purpose word for "yes", which in most cases must be expressed by repetition of the verb in the question being answered.