"seinn" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See seinn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃẽĩɲ/ [Lewis], /ʃɤ̃ĩɲ/ [Lewis], /ʃeiɲ/ (note: Harris, Uist, Barra), /ʃĩːɲ/ (note: Wester Ross) Forms: seinne [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], seinn [error-unrecognized-form], sheinn [error-unrecognized-form], after "an" [error-unrecognized-form], t-seinn [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Middle Irish sendim, from Old Irish sennim, seinnid (“to make a sound, play an instrument”). Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*swenh₂-}}, {{inh|gd|mga|sendim}} Middle Irish sendim, {{inh|gd|sga|sennim}} Old Irish sennim Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|seinne||||||||?||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} seinn f (genitive singular seinne), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=seinne|pl=?}} seinn f (genitive singular seinne)
  1. singing Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-seinn-gd-noun-0BErAxn2 Disambiguation of Music: 54 0 0 46

Verb

IPA: /ʃẽĩɲ/ [Lewis], /ʃɤ̃ĩɲ/ [Lewis], /ʃeiɲ/ (note: Harris, Uist, Barra), /ʃĩːɲ/ (note: Wester Ross) Forms: sheinn [past], seinnidh [future], seinn [noun-from-verb], seinnte [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle Irish sendim, from Old Irish sennim, seinnid (“to make a sound, play an instrument”). Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*swenh₂-}}, {{inh|gd|mga|sendim}} Middle Irish sendim, {{inh|gd|sga|sennim}} Old Irish sennim Head templates: {{head|gd|verb|past|sheinn|||future|seinnidh|||verbal noun|seinn|||||past participle|seinnte|head=}} seinn (past sheinn, future seinnidh, verbal noun seinn, past participle seinnte), {{gd-verb|fut=seinnidh|past=sheinn|pp=seinnte|vn=seinn}} seinn (past sheinn, future seinnidh, verbal noun seinn, past participle seinnte)
  1. sing
    Sense id: en-seinn-gd-verb-Y0LQZIp0
  2. play (bagpipes)
    Sense id: en-seinn-gd-verb-pIhgNwgr
  3. (dated) play (other musical instruments) Tags: dated Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-seinn-gd-verb-cZPrQ5DJ Disambiguation of Music: 54 0 0 46 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 13 0 8 8 11 5 5 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 0 6 6 8 3 3 64 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 27 3 3 66

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ʃẽĩɲ/",
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ʃeiɲ/",
      "note": "Harris, Uist, Barra"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃĩːɲ/",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for seinn meaning in Scottish Gaelic (5.0kB)

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