seisean

Irish

Etymology

Synchronically, sé +‎ -sean.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛʃənˠ/

Pronoun

seisean (conjunctive)

  1. emphatic form of sé
    he, it

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seisean sheisean
after an, tseisean		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also
Irish personal pronouns
Number Person (and gender) Conjunctive
(emphatic)		 Disjunctive
(emphatic)		 Possessive
determiner
SingularFirst mé
(mise)		 mo L
m' before vowel sounds
Second tú
(tusa)1		 thú
(thusa)		 do L
d' before vowel sounds
Third masculine sé
(seisean)		 é
(eisean)		 a L
Third feminine sí
(sise)		 í
(ise)		 a H
PluralFirst muid, sinn
(muidne, muide), (sinne)		 ár E
Second sibh
(sibhse)1		 bhur E
Third siad
(siadsan)		 iad
(iadsan)		 a E

L Triggers lenition E Triggers eclipsis H Triggers h-prothesis

1 Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

seisean m (genitive singular seisein, plural seiseanan)

  1. session
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