seas

See also: Seas

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: sēz, IPA^(key): /siːz/

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• Homophones: sees, seize
• Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

seas

1. plural of sea

Related terms

• the seven seas

Anagrams

• ESAs, Essa, SAEs, SASE, SSAE, ases, asse

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Estonian

Etymology 1

Inessive case of siga.

Noun

seas

1. inessive singular of siga

Etymology 2

Derived from segama (“to stir, to mix”)

Postposition

seas

1. among, amongst

   Rahva seas oli palju lapsi.

   There were lots of kids among the crowd.

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Irish

Etymology

From earlier seasamh, seasaigh, seasmhaigh, denominative from the verbal noun seasamh, from Old Irish sessam, verbal noun of sissidir, from Proto-Celtic *sistati, from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, reduplicated present of *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃasˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ʃæsˠ/

Verb

seas (present analytic seasann, future analytic seasfaidh, verbal noun seasamh, past participle seasta)

1. stand

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	seasaim	seasann tú; seasair†	seasann sé, sí	seasaimid	seasann sibh	seasann siad; seasaid†	a sheasann; a sheasas / a seasann*; a seasas*	seastar
	past	sheas mé; sheasas	sheas tú; sheasais	sheas sé, sí	sheasamar; sheas muid	sheas sibh; sheasabhair	sheas siad; sheasadar	a sheas / ar sheas*	seasadh
	past habitual	sheasainn / seasainn‡‡	sheastá / seastᇇ	sheasadh sé, sí / seasadh sé, s퇇	sheasaimis; sheasadh muid / seasaimis‡‡; seasadh muid‡‡	sheasadh sibh / seasadh sibh‡‡	sheasaidís; sheasadh siad / seasaidís‡‡; seasadh siad‡‡	a sheasadh / a seasadh*	sheastaí / seasta퇇
	future	seasfaidh mé; seasfad	seasfaidh tú; seasfair†	seasfaidh sé, sí	seasfaimid; seasfaidh muid	seasfaidh sibh	seasfaidh siad; seasfaid†	a sheasfaidh; a sheasfas / a seasfaidh*; a seasfas*	seasfar
conditional		sheasfainn / seasfainn‡‡	sheasfá / seasfᇇ	sheasfadh sé, sí / seasfadh sé, s퇇	sheasfaimis; sheasfadh muid / seasfaimis‡‡; seasfadh muid‡‡	sheasfadh sibh / seasfadh sibh‡‡	sheasfaidís; sheasfadh siad / seasfaidís‡‡; seasfadh siad‡‡	a sheasfadh / a seasfadh*	sheasfaí / seasfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go seasa mé; go seasad†	go seasa tú; go seasair†	go seasa sé, sí	go seasaimid; go seasa muid	go seasa sibh	go seasa siad; go seasaid†	—	go seastar
	past	dá seasainn	dá seastá	dá seasadh sé, sí	dá seasaimis; dá seasadh muid	dá seasadh sibh	dá seasaidís; dá seasadh siad	—	dá seastaí
imperative		seasaim	seas	seasadh sé, sí	seasaimis	seasaigí; seasaidh†	seasaidís	—	seastar
verbal noun		seasamh
past participle		seasta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

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

References

• Ranko Matasović (2009), “*si-sta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic^[1] (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sessaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sessaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sessmaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sessmaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “seasuighim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "seas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

seas (past sheas, future seasaidh, verbal noun seasamh, past participle seaste)

1. stand
2. support, back, back up
3. endure, last

   Synonym: mair

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
seas	sheas after "an", t-seas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseas/, [ˈse.as]

Verb

seas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of ser.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of ser.