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seun
seun
Afrikaans
Noun
seun (plural seuns, diminutive seuntjie)
Synonyms
- seunskind
Antonyms
Derived terms
- seunskind
Irish
Noun
seun m (genitive singular séin, nominative plural seuna)
- Obsolete spelling of séan (“sign”)
Declension
Declension of seun
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Verb
seun (present analytic seunann, future analytic seunfaidh, verbal noun seunadh, past participle seunta)
- Obsolete spelling of séan (“to mark with a sign”)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | seunaim | seunann tú; seunair† |
seunann sé, sí | seunaimid | seunann sibh | seunann siad; seunaid† |
a sheunann; a sheunas / a seunann*; a seunas* |
seuntar |
| past | sheun mé; sheunas | sheun tú; sheunais | sheun sé, sí | sheunamar; sheun muid | sheun sibh; sheunabhair | sheun siad; sheunadar | a sheun / ar sheun* |
seunadh | |
| past habitual | sheunainn | sheuntá | sheunadh sé, sí | sheunaimis; sheunadh muid | sheunadh sibh | sheunaidís; sheunadh siad | a sheunadh / ar sheunadh* |
sheuntaí | |
| future | seunfaidh mé; seunfad |
seunfaidh tú; seunfair† |
seunfaidh sé, sí | seunfaimid; seunfaidh muid |
seunfaidh sibh | seunfaidh siad; seunfaid† |
a sheunfaidh; a sheunfas / a seunfaidh*; a seunfas* |
seunfar | |
| conditional | sheunfainn | sheunfá | sheunfadh sé, sí | sheunfaimis; sheunfadh muid | sheunfadh sibh | sheunfaidís; sheunfadh siad | a sheunfadh / ar sheunfadh* |
sheunfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go seuna mé; go seunad† |
go seuna tú; go seunair† |
go seuna sé, sí | go seunaimid; go seuna muid |
go seuna sibh | go seuna siad; go seunaid† |
— | go seuntar |
| past | dá seunainn | dá seuntá | dá seunadh sé, sí | dá seunaimis; dá seunadh muid |
dá seunadh sibh | dá seunaidís; dá seunadh siad |
— | dá seuntaí | |
| imperative | seunaim | seun | seunadh sé, sí | seunaimis | seunaigí; seunaidh† |
seunaidís | — | seuntar | |
| verbal noun | seunadh | ||||||||
| past participle | seunta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seun | sheun after an, tseun |
unchanged |
| 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)
- a charm (for protection)
- the sign of the cross
- protection
- prosperity, fortune
Etymology 2
Noun
seun m (genitive seuna, nominative plural seunan or seuntan)
References
- Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911
- 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 0 901771 92 9