seisir

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Irish

Noun

seisir m

  1. inflection of seisear:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seisir sheisir
after an, tseisir 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin sacire, present active infinitive of saciō. The Trésor de Langue Française Informatisé and Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch both link seisir back to Old High German *sazjan.[1][2]

Verb

seisir

  1. to grip (hold firmly)
  2. to seize (take by force)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of seisir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive seisir avoir seisi
gerund en seisissant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle seisissant
past participle seisi
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present seisis seisis seisist seisissons seisissez seisissent
imperfect seisissoie, seisisseie seisissoies, seisisseies seisissoit, seisisseit seisissiiens, seisissiens seisissiiez, seisissiez seisissoient, seisisseient
preterite seisi seisis seisi seisimes seisistes seisirent
future seisirai seisiras seisira seisirons seisiroiz, seisireiz, seisirez seisiront
conditional seisiroie, seisireie seisiroies, seisireies seisiroit, seisireit seisiriiens, seisiriens seisiriiez, seisiriez seisiroient, seisireient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present seisisse seisisses seisisse seisissons seisissez seisissent
imperfect seisisse seisisses seisist seisissons, seisissiens seisissoiz, seisissez, seisissiez seisissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— seisis — seisissons seisissez —

Descendants

  • → English: seize
  • French: saisir

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (saisir)
  1. ^ Etymology and history of “saisir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
  2. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*sazjan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 19
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