seach

• IPA^(key): /ʃax/

From Old Irish sech, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷo-, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).^[1] Cognate with Welsh heb (“without”).

seach (plus nominative, triggers no mutation)

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

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

seach

1. only used in faoi seach

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

From Old Irish sech, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷo-, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛx/

seach (+ nominative)

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)

• 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

• seachad

seach

1. first/third-person singular simple past of sjen: I/he/she/it saw