seasamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sessam. By surface analysis, seas +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃasˠəvˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃasˠəvˠ/, /ˈʃasˠə/, /ˈʃasˠuː/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈʃæsˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃasˠu/

Noun

seasamh m (genitive singular as substantive seasaimh, genitive as verbal noun seasta)

1. verbal noun of seas

   Tá sí ina seasamh.

   She is standing up (lit. "she is in her standing").

2. (act or state of) standing, a standing position

   Tuitim as mo sheasamh.

   I fall down, faint.

3. endurance, durability, resistance

   Tá seasamh san aimsir.

   The weather is holding good.

4. reliance

   Is ort atá mo sheasamh.

   I’m relying on you.

5. tolerance, putting up with

   Níl seasamh ag aoinne léi.

   No one can put up with her.

Declension

Declension of seasamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative seasamh Vocative a sheasaimh Genitive seasaimh Dative seasamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an seasamh Genitive an tseasaimh Dative leis an seasamh don seasamh

Derived terms

• páipéar seasaimh (“position paper”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seasamh	sheasamh after an, tseasamh	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sessam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seasaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 631
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seasamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sessam. By surface analysis, seas +‎ -amh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃes̪əv/

Noun

seasamh m (genitive singular seasaimh, plural seasamhan)

1. verbal noun of seas
2. attitude, position

Mutation

Mutation of seasamh

radical	lenition
seasamh	sheasamh after "an", t-seasamh

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