sén

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sen"

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin signum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʲeːn/

Noun

sén m (genitive seoin)

1. a sign, omen, portent
   • Lebor na hUidre 1.4504

     nis téilcset a fathi ⁊ a ndruíd ass sein ... oc írnaidi ṡeóin

2. a favourable sign, a blessing, good luck, success

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sén	sénL	séoinL
vocative	séoin	sénL	sénuH
accusative	sénN	sénL	sénuH
genitive	séoinL	sén	sénN
dative	séonL	sénaib	sénaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• sénaid

Descendants

• Irish: séan
• Scottish Gaelic: seun

Verb

sén

1. second-person singular imperative of sénaid

Verb

·sén

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of sénaid

Mutation

Mutation of sén

radical	lenition	nasalization
sén	ṡén	unchanged

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language