seoid

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ʃoːdʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʃɔːdʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sét (“object of value; ornament, jewel”), from Proto-Celtic *swantos. Doublet of séad (“chattels”) and possibly saint. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic seud.

Noun

seoid f (genitive singular seoide, nominative plural seoda)

1. jewel, gem
2. (in a negative sentence) nothing at all
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:

     Ní dubhairt an mháthair seóid ach : « Tá go maith, a inghean ó ».

     The mother said nothing at all but, “That is well, daughter.”

Declension

Declension of seoid (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative seoid seoda vocative a sheoid a sheoda genitive seoide seod dative seoid seoda forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tseoid na seoda genitive na seoide na seod dative leis an tseoid don tseoid leis na seoda

Alternative forms

• seod

Related terms

• seodmhar (“(be)jewelled”, adjective)
• seodóir m (“jeweller”)
• seodra m (“jewellery”)

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seoid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 636
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seoid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seoid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seoid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

seoid m

1. genitive singular of seod

Mutation

Mutated forms of seoid

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seoid	sheoid after an, tseoid	not applicable

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