seoid
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish sét (“object of value; ornament, jewel”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *swantos. Doublet of séad (“chattels”) and possibly saint. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic seud.
Noun
seoid f (genitive singular seoide, nominative plural seoda)
- jewel, gem
- (in a negative sentence) nothing at all
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
- Ní dubhairt an mháthair seóid ach : « Tá go maith, a inghean ó ».
- The mother said nothing at all but, “That is well, daughter.”
Declension
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Alternative forms
Related terms
- seodmhar (“(be)jewelled”, adjective)
- seodóir m (“jeweller”)
- seodra m (“jewellery”)
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seoid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 636
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seoid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seoid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “seoid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
seoid m
- genitive singular of seod
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| seoid | sheoid after an, tseoid |
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
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 sét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ “seoid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy