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sessam

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *sistamus.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sessam m

  1. verbal noun of sissidir: standing
  2. standing by, defending, standing fast
  3. resisting, holding out, making a stand

Inflection

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Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative sessam
Vocative sessam
Accusative sessamN
Genitive sesmoH, sesmaH
Dative sessamL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: seasamh
  • Manx: shassoo
  • Scottish Gaelic: seasamh

Mutation

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Mutation of sessam
radical lenition nasalization
sessam ṡessam unchanged

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

References

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  1. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 299

Further reading

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