seas

See also: Seas

English

Pronunciation
  • enPR: sēz, IPA(key): /siːz/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Homophones: sees, seize
  • Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

seas

  1. plural of sea
  • the seven seas

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology 1

Inessive case of siga.

Noun

seas

  1. inessive singular of siga

Etymology 2

Derived from segama (“to stir, to mix”)

Postposition

seas

  1. among, amongst
    Rahva seas oli palju lapsi.
    There were lots of kids among the crowd.

Irish

Etymology

From earlier seasamh, seasaigh, seasmhaigh, denominative from the verbal noun seasamh, from Old Irish sessam, verbal noun of sissidir, from Proto-Celtic *sista-, from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, reduplicated present of *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

Verb

seas (present analytic seasann, future analytic seasfaidh, verbal noun seasamh, past participle seasta)

  1. stand

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present seasaim seasann tú;
seasair†		 seasann sé, sí seasaimid seasann sibh seasann siad;
seasaid†		 a sheasann; a sheasas /
a seasann*; a seasas*		 seastar
past sheas mé; sheasas sheas tú; sheasais sheas sé, sí sheasamar; sheas muid sheas sibh; sheasabhair sheas siad; sheasadar a sheas /
ar sheas*		 seasadh
past habitual sheasainn sheastá sheasadh sé, sí sheasaimis; sheasadh muid sheasadh sibh sheasaidís; sheasadh siad a sheasadh /
ar sheasadh*		 sheastaí
future seasfaidh mé;
seasfad		 seasfaidh tú;
seasfair†		 seasfaidh sé, sí seasfaimid;
seasfaidh muid		 seasfaidh sibh seasfaidh siad;
seasfaid†		 a sheasfaidh; a sheasfas /
a seasfaidh*; a seasfas*		 seasfar
conditional sheasfainn / seasfainn‡‡ sheasfá / seasfᇇ sheasfadh sé, sí / seasfadh sé, s퇇 sheasfaimis; sheasfadh muid / seasfaimis‡‡; seasfadh muid‡‡ sheasfadh sibh / seasfadh sibh‡‡ sheasfaidís; sheasfadh siad / seasfaidís‡‡; seasfadh siad‡‡ a sheasfadh /
ar sheasfadh*		 sheasfaí / seasfa퇇
subjunctive present go seasa mé;
go seasad†		 go seasa tú;
go seasair†		 go seasa sé, sí go seasaimid;
go seasa muid		 go seasa sibh go seasa siad;
go seasaid†		 — go seastar
past dá seasainn dá seastá dá seasadh sé, sí dá seasaimis;
dá seasadh muid		 dá seasadh sibh dá seasaidís;
dá seasadh siad		 — dá seastaí
imperative seasaim seas seasadh sé, sí seasaimis seasaigí;
seasaidh†		 seasaidís — seastar
verbal noun seasamh
past participle seasta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seas sheas
after an, tseas		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*si-sta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
  • “sessaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “sessaigid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “sessmaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “sessmaigid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “seasuighim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "seas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Verb

seas (past sheas, future seasaidh, verbal noun seasamh, past participle seaste)

  1. stand
  2. support, back, back up
  3. endure, last
    Synonym: mair

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
seassheas
after "an", t-seas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈseas/

Verb

seas

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of ser.
  2. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of ser.
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