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seach

seach

Irish

Preposition

seach (plus nominative, triggers no mutation)

  1. (literary) by, past, beyond
  2. other than, rather than, more than

Inflection

Derived terms

  • seachas (besides, other than, rather than; compared to)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sech.

Preposition

seach

  1. rather than
  2. compared to, in comparison with
    tha e neònach na dhòighean seach iomadh ainmhidh eile - it is peculiar in its behaviour compared to many other animals
    tha a chòig uiread de dhaoine a’ fuireach ann an Nepal, seach Alba - five times as many people live in Nepal as in Scotland
  3. after, past (usually when referring to a sequence)

Usage notes

  • The folowing noun is in the nominative case.
  • Placed between two identical words has the meaning of "either" or "neither":
    na creid fear seach fear aca - don't believe either of them
    cha b' e aon seach aon - it was neither one nor the other
    chan eil sin cothromach do dh'àite seach àite - that isn't fair to either place

Derived terms

Related terms


West Frisian

Etymology

Compare Middle English saugh

Verb

seach

  1. saw, first and third person singular, simple past, of verb sjen