séasúr

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish sésúr.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠeːˈsˠuːɾˠ/ (corresponding to the form saosúr)
  • (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃeːsˠuːɾˠ/[1]

Noun

séasúr m (genitive singular séasúir, nominative plural séasúir)

  1. season
  2. fat season, season of growth, of good weather
  3. seasonable richness
  4. fat, juice, sap (of things in season)
  5. seasoning, relish

Declension

Declension of séasúr (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative séasúr séasúir
vocative a shéasúir a shéasúra
genitive séasúir séasúr
dative séasúr séasúir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an séasúr na séasúir
genitive an tséasúir na séasúr
dative leis an séasúr
don séasúr 		leis na séasúir

Derived terms

  • séasúrach
  • séasúracht
  • séasúrtha

See also

Seasons in Irish · séasúir (layout · text) · category
earrach (“spring”) samhradh (“summer”) fómhar (“autumn”) geimhreadh (“winter”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of séasúr
radical lenition eclipsis
séasúr shéasúr
after an, tséasúr 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 86, page 35

Further reading

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