'sé
See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃeː/
- Homophone: sé
Particle
’sé
- Contraction of is é (“it is, he is”).
- 1894 March 1, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- ’Sé dubhairt sí leis an tiománach—“Stad do chuid déanamh grinn ⁊ magaidh ormsa.”
- It is what she said to the driver: “Leave off your merry-making and don’t be mocking me.”