seisc

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Irish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Middle Irish seisc, from Proto-Celtic *sex-skā, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).[1] Cognate with Welsh hesg.

    Noun

    seisc f (genitive singular seisce, nominative plural seiscí)

    1. sedge
      Synonym: cíb
    Declension
    Declension of seisc (second declension)
    bare forms
    case singular plural
    nominative seisc seiscí
    vocative a sheisc a sheiscí
    genitive seisce seiscí
    dative seisc seiscí
    forms with the definite article
    case singular plural
    nominative an tseisc na seiscí
    genitive na seisce na seiscí
    dative leis an tseisc
    don tseisc     		leis na seiscí
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    seisc (genitive singular masculine seisc, genitive singular feminine seisce, plural seisce, comparative seisce)

    1. Alternative form of seasc (“barren”)
    Declension
    Declension of seisc
    singular plural (m/f)
    Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
    nominative seisc sheisc seisce;
    sheisce2
    vocative sheisc seisce
    genitive seisce seisce seisc
    dative seisc;
    sheisc1     		sheisc seisce;
    sheisce2
    Comparative níos seisce
    Superlative is seisce

    1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
    2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of seisc
    radical lenition eclipsis
    seisc sheisc
    after an, tseisc     		not applicable

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    References

    1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 seisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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