seach

• IPA^(key): /ʃax/

From Old Irish sech.

seach (plus nominative, triggers no mutation)

1. (literary) by, past, beyond
2. other than, rather than, more than

• seachas (“besides, other than, rather than; compared to”)

seach

1. Only used in faoi seach

• “1 sech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• "seach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “seach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “seach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

From Old Irish sech.

seach

1. rather than
2. compared to, in comparison with

   tha e neònach na dhòighean seach iomadh ainmhidh eile - it is peculiar in its behaviour compared to many other animals

   tha a chòig uiread de dhaoine a’ fuireach ann an Nepal, seach Alba - five times as many people live in Nepal as in Scotland

3. after, past (usually when referring to a sequence)

• The following noun is in the nominative case.
• Placed between two identical words has the meaning of "either" or "neither":

  na creid fear seach fear aca - don't believe either of them

  cha b' e aon seach aon - it was neither one nor the other

  chan eil sin cothromach do dh'àite seach àite - that isn't fair to either place

• fear mu seach, tè mu seach - one by one
• mu seach - alternately
• seach-shlighe - diversion (route)
• seach-thìm - overtime (work)

• seachad

seach

1. first-person and third-person singular simple past of sjen: I/he/she/it saw