seinnid

Irish

Verb

seinnid

  1. (Munster, otherwise archaic) third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of seinn

Mutation

Mutated forms of seinnid
radical lenition eclipsis
seinnid sheinnid
after an, tseinnid
not applicable

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From a conflation of two verbs due to the Irish merger of word-initial *sw- and *s-.

  • The meaning "to play a musical instrument" derives from Proto-Celtic *swannati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-. The conjugation is derived entirely from *swannati; the labial consonants in the middle of the reduplicated preterite and future stems are regular, as medial -sw- generally lenited into them.
  • The meaning "to strike" is from Proto-Celtic *sannati, from Proto-Indo-European *senh₂- (to reach, attain). The expected preterite reduplication, *siann-*se-sann-, was supplanted by that of *swannati. However, the original formation survives in the fossilized defective verb do·coissin (to exist) (← dī-kom-sesanne).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʲen͈ʲəðʲ/, [sʲen͈ʲiðʲ]

Verb

seinnid (conjunct ·seinn, verbal noun seinm)

  1. to play (a musical instrument)
  2. to strike

Inflection

Simple, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. sennait
conj. ·seinn
rel.
imperfect indicative ·senned ·sendítis
preterite abs. sephainn
conj.
rel.
perfect deut. ro·sephaind
prot. ·ruiphnetar
future abs. sibsa sifais
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun seinm
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: seinn
  • Scottish Gaelic: seinn

References