seas

See also: Seas

English

Pronunciation

enPR: sēz, IPA^(key): /siːz/
Audio (US) (file)
Homophones: sees, seize
Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

seas

plural of sea

Related terms

the seven seas

Anagrams

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

Estonian

Etymology 1

Inessive case of siga.

Noun

seas

Inessive singular form of siga.

Etymology 2

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

Postposition

seas

among, amongst
Rahva seas oli palju lapsi.
There were lots of kids among the crowd.

Irish

Etymology

From earlier seasamh, seasaigh, seasmhaigh, denominative from the verbal noun seasamh, from Old Irish sessam, verbal noun of sissidir, from Proto-Celtic *sista-, 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)

stand

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
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	sheastá	sheasadh sé, sí	sheasaimis; sheasadh muid	sheasadh sibh	sheasaidís; sheasadh siad	a sheasadh / ar sheasadh*	sheastaí
	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	sheasfá	sheasfadh sé, sí	sheasfaimis; sheasfadh muid	sheasfadh sibh	sheasfaidís; sheasfadh siad	a sheasfadh / ar sheasfadh*	sheasfaí
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
subjunctive	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

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

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*si-sta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
“sessaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“sessaigid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“sessmaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“sessmaigid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“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.

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

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

Synonyms

(last): mair

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈseas/

Verb

seas

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

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