sesc

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See also: šesć and šěsć

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *siskʷos, from a thematicization of Proto-Indo-European *siskus (dry).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sesc

  1. barren, infertile

Inflection[edit]

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sesc sesc sesc
Vocative seisc*
sesc**
Accusative sesc seisc
Genitive seisc sescae seisc
Dative sesc seisc sesc
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative seisc sesca
Vocative sescu
sesca
Accusative sescu
sesca
Genitive sesc
Dative sescaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: sesc, seisc

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
sesc ṡesc unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]