séad

See also: SEAD, Sead, and sead

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sét (“path, way”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *sentus (compare Welsh hynt), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).

Noun

séad m (genitive singular séada, nominative plural séada)

  1. path, way
Declension
Declension of séad

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative séad séada
Vocative a shéad a shéada
Genitive séada séad
Dative séad séada

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an séad na séada
Genitive an tséada na séad
Dative leis an séad

don séad

 leis na séada

Etymology 2

From Old Irish sét (“object of value, chattel”).[2] Doublet of seoid and possibly saint.

Noun

séad m (genitive singular séada, nominative plural séada) (literary)

  1. valuable (personal possession of relatively great monetary value)
  2. chattel (tangible, movable property)
  3. objet d'art
  4. (in the plural) treasures, wealth
Declension
Declension of séad

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative séad séada
Vocative a shéad a shéada
Genitive séada séad
Dative séad séada

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an séad na séada
Genitive an tséada na séad
Dative leis an séad

don séad

 leis na séada
Derived terms
  • Dún na Séad (“Baltimore, County Cork”)
  • séad fine (“heirloom”)
  • séad suirí (“love token”)

Etymology 3

From English jade.

Noun

séad m (genitive singular séid)

  1. jade (gem)
Derived terms
  • séadghlas

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 sét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “séad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “séad” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “séad” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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