seoid

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sét (“object of value; ornament, jewel”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *swantos. Doublet of séad (“chattels”) and possibly saint. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic seud.

Noun

seoid f (genitive singular seoide, nominative plural seoda)

  1. jewel, gem
  2. (in a negative sentence) nothing at all
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
      Ní dubhairt an mháthair seóid ach : « Tá go maith, a inghean ó ».
      The mother said nothing at all but, “That is well, daughter.”
Declension
Declension of seoid

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seoid seoda
Vocative a sheoid a sheoda
Genitive seoide seod
Dative seoid seoda

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tseoid na seoda
Genitive na seoide na seod
Dative leis an tseoid

don tseoid

 leis na seoda
Alternative forms

Further reading
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seoid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 636
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seoid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “seoid” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “seoid” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

seoid m

  1. genitive singular of seod

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seoid sheoid
after an, tseoid		 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), “2 sét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. “seoid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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