séasúr

Irish

Alternative forms

• saosúr (Munster)
• séasún

Etymology

From Middle Irish sésúr.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠeːˈsˠuːɾˠ/ (corresponding to the form saosúr)
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːsˠuːɾˠ/

Noun

séasúr m (genitive singular séasúir, nominative plural séasúir)

1. season
2. fat season, season of growth, of good weather
3. seasonable richness
4. fat, juice, sap (of things in season)
5. seasoning, relish

Declension

Declension of séasúr (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative séasúr séasúir vocative a shéasúir a shéasúra genitive séasúir séasúr dative séasúr séasúir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an séasúr na séasúir genitive an tséasúir na séasúr dative leis an séasúr don séasúr leis na séasúir

Derived terms

• séasúrach
• séasúracht
• séasúrtha

See also

Seasons in Irish · séasúir (layout · text) · category
earrach (“spring”)	samhradh (“summer”)	fómhar (“autumn”)	geimhreadh (“winter”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of séasúr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
séasúr	shéasúr after an, tséasúr	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) “séasúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sésúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “séasúr”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “séasúr”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025