sean

See also: Sean, séan, Seán, -sean, sean-, and Appendix:Variations of "sean"

English

Noun

sean (plural seans)

1. Dated form of seine.

Verb

sean (third-person singular simple present seans, present participle seaning, simple past and past participle seaned)

1. Dated form of seine.
   • 1874, Edmund William Hunt Holdsworth, Deep-sea fishing and fishing boats, page 157:

     Seaning is conducted on a large scale at St. Ives for the capture of pilchards […]

References

• “sean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ENSA, Esan, NAEs, NESA, Nase, Sena, eans, nase, sane

Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*sénos

From Old Irish sen (compare Manx shenn), from Proto-Celtic *senos (compare Welsh hen), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”) (compare Latin senior/senex, Lithuanian sẽnas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃan̪ˠ/, /ʃanˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ʃæːn̪ˠ/

Adjective

sean (comparative sine) (used predicatively)

1. old

Usage notes

• When used attributively, the prefix sean- is used instead.

Noun

sean m (genitive singular sean, nominative plural seana)

1. senior, ancestor
2. oldness; old thing

Declension

Declension of sean

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sean seana Vocative a shean a sheana Genitive sean sean Dative sean seana

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an sean na seana Genitive an tsean na sean Dative leis an tsean don tsean leis na seana

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 57

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• seann

Etymology

From Old Irish sen (compare Manx shenn), from Proto-Celtic *senos (compare Welsh hen), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”) (compare Latin senior/senex, Lithuanian sẽnas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛn/

Adjective

sean (comparative sine)

1. old

Derived terms

• an Seann Tiomnadh (“Old Testament”)
• o shean (“long ago”)
• seana-ghille (“bachelor”)
• seana-mhaighdeann (“spinster”)
• seanair (“grandfather”)
• seanfhacal (“proverb”)
• seanmhair (“grandmother”)
• seann-nòs (“old custom”)
• seann-nòsach (“traditional; old-fashioned”)
• seann-phàrant (“grandparent”)

 

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “sean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsean/ [ˈse.ãn]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -ean
• Syllabification: se‧an

Verb

sean

1. inflection of ser:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Volapük

Noun

sean (nominative plural seans)

1. ocean (large body of water)

Declension

declension of sean

	singular	plural
nominative	sean	seans
genitive	seana	seanas
dative	seane	seanes
accusative	seani	seanis
vocative 1	o sean!	o seans!
predicative 2	seanu	seanus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only