seaicéad

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English jacket, from Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈceːd̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaceːd̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈʃæːceːd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃacæd̪ˠ/

Noun

seaicéad m (genitive singular seaicéid, nominative plural seaicéid)

1. jacket

Declension

Declension of seaicéad (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative seaicéad seaicéid vocative a sheaicéid a sheaicéada genitive seaicéid seaicéad dative seaicéad seaicéid forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an seaicéad na seaicéid genitive an tseaicéid na seaicéad dative leis an seaicéad don seaicéad leis na seaicéid

Synonyms

• casóg

Derived terms

• seaicéad dinnéir (“dinner-jacket, tuxedo”)
• seaicéad gluaisrothair (“biker jacket”)
• seaicéad leapa (“bed jacket”)
• seaicéad mandairín (“mandarin jacket”)
• seaicéad píolóta (“bomber jacket”)
• seaicéad sáile (“pea-jacket”)
• seaicéad seomra (“dressing-jacket”)
• seaicéad spórtaíochta (“sports-jacket”)
• seaicéad tarrthála (“life-jacket”)
• seaicéad uisce (“water-jacket”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seaicéad

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seaicéad	sheaicéad after an, tseaicéad	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seaicéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN