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

·sén

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of sénaid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
sén	ṡén	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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