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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *siskʷos, from a thematicization of Proto-Indo-European *siskus (“dry”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sesc
- barren, infertile
Inflection
| o/ā-stem
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| Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| Nominative
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sesc
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sesc
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sesc
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| Vocative
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seisc*
sesc**
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| Accusative
|
sesc
|
seisc
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| Genitive
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seisc
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sescae
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seisc
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| Dative
|
sesc
|
seisc
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sesc
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| Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine/neuter
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| Nominative
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seisc
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sesca
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| Vocative
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sescu
sesca†
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| Accusative
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sescu
sesca†
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| Genitive
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sesc
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| Dative
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sescaib
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| Notes
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*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
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Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| sesc
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ṡesc
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unchanged
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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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