séideadh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish séited. By surface analysis, séid +‎ -adh.

Pronunciation

• Noun and verbal noun:
  • (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːdʲə/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːdʲuː/
• Autonomous past verb form:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːdʲəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːdʲəvˠ/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːdʲuː/
• Past habitual, past subjunctive and imperative verb forms:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːdʲəx/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈʃeːdʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈʃeːdʲəx/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈʃeːdʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈʃeːdʲuː/

Noun

séideadh m (genitive singular séidte)

1. verbal noun of séid
2. inflation (expansion or increase in size)

   Synonym: teannadh

3. (medicine) inflammation

   Synonym: athlasadh

Declension

Declension of séideadh (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative séideadh vocative a shéideadh genitive séidte dative séideadh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an séideadh genitive an tséidte dative leis an séideadh don séideadh

Derived terms

• séideadh gloine (“glassblowing”)
• séideadh goile (“distension of stomach”)
• séideadh faoi (“fomentation, incitement”)

Verb

séideadh

1. inflection of séid:
   1. autonomous past indicative
   2. analytic past habitual dependent
   3. analytic past subjunctive
   4. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of séideadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
séideadh	shéideadh after an, tséideadh	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “séiteaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 633
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “séideadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN