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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish seiche, from Proto-Celtic *sekess, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) (compare Icelandic sigg (“callus, hard skin”)).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
seithe f or m (genitive singular seithe, nominative plural seithí)
- skin (of animal), hide
- Synonyms: craiceann, leathar
Declension
- Masculine declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| seithe
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sheithe
after an, tseithe
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seithe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seithe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “seithe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024