séad

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See also: SEAD, Sead, and sead

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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séad m (genitive singular séada, nominative plural séada)

  1. path, way
Declension
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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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
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Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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From English jade.

Noun

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séad m (genitive singular séid)

  1. jade (gem)
Derived terms
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Mutation

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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

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 sét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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