sesc

See also: šesć and šěsć

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *siskʷos, from a thematicization of Proto-Indo-European *siskus (dry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲesk]

Adjective

sesc

  1. barren, infertile

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sesc sesc sesc
Vocative seisc*
sesc**
Accusative sesc seisc
Genitive seisc sescae seisc
Dative sesc seisc sesc
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative seisc sesca
Vocative sescu
sesca
Accusative sescu
sesca
Genitive sesc
Dative sescaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: sesc, seisc
    • Irish: seasc
    • Manx: shast

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
sesc ṡesc unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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