'sé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeː/
• Homophone: sé

Particle

’sé

1. Contraction of is é (“it is, he is”).
   • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:

     ’Sé dubhairt sí leis an tiománach​—​“Stad do chuid déanamh grinn ⁊ magaidh ormsa.”

     It is what she said to the driver: “Leave off your merry-making and don’t be mocking me.”