seas

• enPR: sēz, IPA^(key): /siːz/

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• Homophones: sees, seize
• Rhymes: -iːz

seas

1. plural of sea

• seven seas

• ESAs, Essa, SAEs, SASE, SSAE, ases, asse

• servus, servas

Contraction of servas, a variant of servus, an ellipsis from the commoners’ greeting once said to feudal lords, "servus humillimus (Domine spectabilis)", in Latin meaning "(I am a) most humble servant, (O) noble lord".

• IPA^(key): /ˈse̞ɐ̯s/
• Hyphenation: seas

seas

1. (informal) hello, hi
2. (informal) bye, goodbye

• nå seas

Inessive case of siga.

seas

1. inessive singular of siga

From Proto-Finnic *segässä. Cognates include Finnish seassa and Ingrian seas.

seas

1. among, amongst

   Rahva seas oli palju lapsi.

   There were lots of kids among the crowd.

From Proto-Finnic *sëgassa. Cognates include Finnish seassa and Estonian seas.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈseɑsːɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈseɑs/,
• Rhymes: -eɑsː, -eɑs
• Hyphenation: se‧as

seas (+ genitive)

1. (of location) amongst, in the midst of
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 103:

     Valkia karhu. Ellää jäin i lumiloin seas. Jahtiijaa hylkein päälle.

     White bear. Lives in the midst of ices and snows. Hunts seals.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 515

From earlier seasamh, seasaigh, seasmhaigh, denominative from the verbal noun seasamh, from Old Irish sessam, verbal noun of sissidir, from Proto-Celtic *sistati, from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, reduplicated present of *steh₂-.

• IPA^(key): /ʃasˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ʃæsˠ/

seas (present analytic seasann, future analytic seasfaidh, verbal noun seasamh, past participle seasta)

1. stand

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*si-sta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sessaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sessaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sessmaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sessmaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seasuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 632
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From earlier seasamh, denominative from the verbal noun seasamh, from Old Irish sessam, verbal noun of sissidir, from Proto-Celtic *sistati, from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, reduplicated present of *steh₂-.

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ʃɛs̪/ ^[1][2]
• (Harris, Uist, Barra, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ʃes̪/^[3][4]

seas (past sheas, future seasaidh, verbal noun seasamh, past participle seaste)

1. stand
2. support, back, back up
3. endure, last

   Synonym: mair

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “seas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈseas/
• Rhymes: -eas
• Syllabification: se‧as

seas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of ser