seift
Irish
Alternative forms
- seibht, seibhte (obsolete)
- seifte
Etymology
From English shift in its archaic sense “contrivance, device to try when other methods fail”, from Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, appoint, arrange”), from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɛfʲtʲ/
Noun
seift f (genitive singular seifte, nominative plural seifteanna)
- contrivance, measure (action to achieve some purpose)
- fig leaf (anything intended to conceal something undesirable)
Declension
Declension of seift
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- seifteoir
- seiftigh
- seiftiúil
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seift | sheift after an, tseift |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “seift” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “seiḃte” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 632.
- "seift" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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