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seach

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish sech, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷo-, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (follow).[1] Cognate with Welsh heb (without).

Preposition

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seach (plus nominative, triggers no mutation)

  1. (literary) by, past, beyond
  2. other than, rather than, more than
Inflection
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Inflection of seach
Person: simple emphatic
singular first seacham seachamsa
second seachad seachadsa
third m seacha seachasan
f seacha seachaise
plural first seachainn seachainne
second seachaibh seachaibhse
third seacha seachasan
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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seach

  1. Only used in faoi seach

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 210 x (3)

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish sech, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷo-, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (follow).[1]

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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seach (+ nominative)

  1. rather than
  2. compared to, in comparison with
    Tha e neònach na dhòighean seach iomadh ainmhidh eile.
    It is peculiar in its behaviour compared to many other animals.
    Tha a chòig uiread de dhaoine a’ fuireach ann an Nepal, seach Alba.
    Five times as many people live in Nepal as in Scotland.
  3. after, past (usually when referring to a sequence)

Usage notes

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  • Placed between two identical words has the meaning of "either" or "neither":
    na creid fear seach fear acadon't believe either of them
    cha b' e aon seach aonit was neither one nor the other
    chan eil sin cothromach do dh'àite seach àitethat isn't fair to either place

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 210 x (3)

West Frisian

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Verb

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seach

  1. first/third-person singular simple past of sjen: I/he/she/it saw