seisir

Irish

Noun

seisir m

genitive singular of seisear

Mutation

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

Old French

Etymology

Medieval Latin sacire, present active infinitive of saciō. The Trésor de Langue Française Informatisé and Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch both link seisir back to Old High German *sazjan^[1]^[2].

Verb

seisir

to grip (hold firmly)
to seize (take by force)

Descendants

English: seize (borrowed)
French: saisir

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (saisir)

↑ “saisir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
↑ von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “*sazjan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 170, page 19

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[1] “saisir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

[2] von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “*sazjan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 170, page 19