seun

Afrikaans

Etymology

From dialectal Dutch zeun (standard zoon), from Middle Dutch sone, suene, from Old Dutch *sunu, suno, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seøn/

Noun

seun (plural seuns, diminutive seuntjie)

  1. son
    Antonym: dogter
  2. boy
    Synonym: seunskind
    Antonyms: meisie, dogter

Irish

Noun

seun m (genitive singular séin, nominative plural seuna)

  1. Obsolete spelling of séan (sign)
Declension

Verb

seun (present analytic seunann, future analytic seunfaidh, verbal noun seunadh, past participle seunta)

  1. Obsolete spelling of séan (to mark with a sign)
Conjugation

Mutation

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃian/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sén, from Latin signum. Cognate to English sain and Scots sain, which see for more information.

Noun

seun m (genitive seuna, nominative plural seunan or seuntan)

  1. a charm (for protection)
  2. the sign of the cross
  3. protection
  4. prosperity, fortune

Noun

seun m (genitive seuna, nominative plural seunan or seuntan)

  1. denial

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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