seoid

seoid

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ʃoːdʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʃɔːdʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sét (“object of value; ornament, jewel”); doublet of séad (“chattels”) and cognate with Scottish Gaelic seud.

Noun

seoid f (genitive singular seoide, nominative plural seoda)

1. jewel, gem
2. (in a negative sentence) nothing at all
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 194:

     Ní dubhairt an mháthair seóid ach : « Tá go maith, a inghean ó ».

     The mother said nothing at all but, “That is well, daughter.”

Declension

Declension of seoid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seoid seoda Vocative a sheoid a sheoda Genitive seoide seod Dative seoid seoda

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tseoid na seoda Genitive na seoide na seod Dative leis an tseoid don tseoid leis na seoda

Alternative forms

• seod

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

seoid m

1. genitive singular of seod

Mutation

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

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 sét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “seoid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 636
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “seoid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “seoid” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “seoid” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “seoid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy