seisean
Irish
Alternative forms
- seision (superseded)
Etymology
Synchronically, sé + -sean.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɛʃənˠ/
Pronoun
seisean (conjunctive)
- emphatic form of sé: he, it
See also
Irish personal pronouns
Number | Person (and gender) | Conjunctive (emphatic) | Disjunctive (emphatic) | Possessive determiner |
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | 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 | |
Third neuter | — | ea | — | |
Plural | First | 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)
- session