seithe

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Irish

Alternative forms

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)

  1. skin (of animal), hide
    Synonyms: craiceann, leathar

Declension

Declension of seithe (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative seithe seithí
vocative a sheithe a sheithí
genitive seithe seithí
dative seithe seithí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tseithe na seithí
genitive na seithe na seithí
dative leis an tseithe
don tseithe 		leis na seithí
Masculine declension
Declension of seithe (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative seithe seithí
vocative a sheithe a sheithí
genitive seithe seithí
dative seithe seithí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an seithe na seithí
genitive an tseithe na seithí
dative leis an seithe
don seithe 		leis na seithí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of seithe
radical lenition eclipsis
seithe sheithe
after an, tseithe 		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. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sex-skā/i-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 161, page 62

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