seithe

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish seiche, from Proto-Celtic *sekess, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (to cut) (compare Icelandic sigg (callus, hard skin)).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seithe f or m (genitive singular seithe, nominative plural seithí)

  1. skin (of animal), hide
    Synonyms: craiceann, leathar

Declension

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Masculine declension

Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sex-skā/i-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 161, page 62

Further reading

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