séasún

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, seison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“sowing, planting”), from serō (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃeːˈsˠuːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːsˠuːnˠ/, /ˈʃeːsˠuːn̪ˠ/

Noun

séasún m (genitive singular séasúin, nominative plural séasúin)

1. Alternative form of séasúr

Declension

Declension of séasún (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative séasún séasúin vocative a shéasúin a shéasúna genitive séasúin séasún dative séasún séasúin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an séasún na séasúin genitive an tséasúin na séasún dative leis an séasún don séasún leis na séasúin

Mutation

Mutated forms of séasún

radical	lenition	eclipsis
séasún	shéasún after an, tséasún	not applicable

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