sean

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

English

Noun

sean (plural seans)

1. Alternative form of seine

Verb

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

1. Alternative 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 […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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

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Irish

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): /ʃanˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ʃæːnˠ/

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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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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]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsean/ [ˈse.ãn]

Verb

sean

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of ser.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of ser.
3. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of ser.

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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