seinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse seinn, from Proto-Germanic *sainaz, *sainijaz, related to *sīþuz (“late”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /seitn/
  • Rhymes: -eitn

Adjective

seinn (comparative seinni, superlative seinastur)

  1. late, tardy
    Hann hlýtur að vera kominn — hann er aldrei seinn.
    He must be here already—he's never late.
    Við erum orðnar seinar í tíma!
    We're late for class!
  2. slow

Inflection
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinn sein seint
accusative seinan seina seint
dative seinum seinni seinu
genitive seins seinnar seins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinir seinar sein
accusative seina seinar sein
dative seinum seinum seinum
genitive seinna seinna seinna
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative seini seina seina
accusative seina seinu seina
dative seina seinu seina
genitive seina seinu seina
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinu seinu seinu
accusative seinu seinu seinu
dative seinu seinu seinu
genitive seinu seinu seinu
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinni seinni seinna
accusative seinni seinni seinna
dative seinni seinni seinna
genitive seinni seinni seinna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinni seinni seinni
accusative seinni seinni seinni
dative seinni seinni seinni
genitive seinni seinni seinni
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinastur seinust seinast
accusative seinastan seinasta seinast
dative seinustum seinastri seinustu
genitive seinasts seinastrar seinasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinastir seinastar seinust
accusative seinasta seinastar seinust
dative seinustum seinustum seinustum
genitive seinastra seinastra seinastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinasti seinasta seinasta
accusative seinasta seinustu seinasta
dative seinasta seinustu seinasta
genitive seinasta seinustu seinasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative seinustu seinustu seinustu
accusative seinustu seinustu seinustu
dative seinustu seinustu seinustu
genitive seinustu seinustu seinustu

Synonyms
  • (late): síðkvæmur
  • (slow): hægur

Derived terms
  • orðinn seinn
  • seinn að (“slow at”)
  • seinn á fæti (“to be a slow walker”)
  • seinn fyrir (“late, behind-hand”)
  • seinn til (“to develop late”)
  • svifaseinn
  • um seinan (“too late”)

See also
  • seinlæti

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sendim, from Old Irish sennim, seinnid (“to make a sound, play an instrument”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *swannati, from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-.

Pronunciation

Verb

seinn (present analytic seinneann, future analytic seinnfidh, verbal noun seinm, past participle seinnte)

  1. play (musical intrument)
    Is fada an bheirt cheoltóirí seo ag seinm le chéile.
    The two musicians have been playing together for a long time.
  2. sing, warble, chatter

Conjugation
conjugation of seinn (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present seinnim seinneann tú;
seinnir†		 seinneann sé, sí seinnimid seinneann sibh seinneann siad;
seinnid†		 a seinneann; a seinneas /
a seinneann*; a seinneas*		 seinntear
past seinn mé; seinneas seinn tú; seinnis seinn sé, sí seinneamar; seinn muid seinn sibh; seinneabhair seinn siad; seinneadar a seinn /
ar seinn*		 seinneadh
past habitual seinninn seinnteá seinneadh sé, sí seinnimis; seinneadh muid seinneadh sibh seinnidís; seinneadh siad a seinneadh /
a seinneadh*		 seinntí
future seinnfidh mé;
seinnfead		 seinnfidh tú;
seinnfir†		 seinnfidh sé, sí seinnfimid;
seinnfidh muid		 seinnfidh sibh seinnfidh siad;
seinnfid†		 a seinnfidh; a seinnfeas /
a seinnfidh*; a seinnfeas*		 seinnfear
conditional seinnfinn seinnfeá seinnfeadh sé, sí seinnfimis; seinnfeadh muid seinnfeadh sibh seinnfidís; seinnfeadh siad a seinnfeadh /
a seinnfeadh*		 seinnfí
subjunctive present go seinne mé;
go seinnead†		 go seinne tú;
go seinnir†		 go seinne sé, sí go seinnimid;
go seinne muid		 go seinne sibh go seinne siad;
go seinnid†		 — go seinntear
past dá seinninn dá seinnteá dá seinneadh sé, sí dá seinnimis;
dá seinneadh muid		 dá seinneadh sibh dá seinnidís;
dá seinneadh siad		 — dá seinntí
imperative seinnim seinn seinneadh sé, sí seinnimis seinnigí;
seinnidh†		 seinnidís — seinntear
verbal noun seinm
past participle seinnte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seinn sheinn
after an, tseinn		 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), “seinnid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 78

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish sendim, from Old Irish sennim, seinnid (“to make a sound, play an instrument”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃeiɲ/

Verb

seinn (past sheinn, future seinnidh, verbal noun seinn, past participle seinnte)

  1. sing
  2. (dated) play (musical instrument)

Noun

seinn f (genitive singular seinne)

  1. singing

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
seinnsheinn
after "an", t-seinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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