seas

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English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

seas

1. plural of sea

Related terms

• seven seas

Anagrams

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

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• servus, servas

Etymology

Contraction of servas, a variant of servus, an ellipsis from the commoners’ greeting once said to feudal lords, "servus humillimus (Domine spectabilis)", in Latin meaning "(I am a) most humble servant, (O) noble lord".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse̞ɐ̯s/
• Hyphenation: seas

Interjection

seas

1. (informal) hello, hi
2. (informal) bye, goodbye

Derived terms

• nå seas

Estonian

Etymology 1

Inessive case of siga.

Noun

seas

1. inessive singular of siga

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *segässä. Cognates include Finnish seassa and Ingrian seas.

Postposition

seas

1. among, amongst

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sëgassa. Cognates include Finnish seassa and Estonian seas.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈseɑsːɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞ɑs̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈseɑs/, [ˈʃe̞ɑʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -eɑsː, -eɑs
• Hyphenation: se‧as

Postposition

seas (+ genitive)

1. (of location) amongst, in the midst of

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 515

Irish

Etymology

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

1. stand

Conjugation

Mutation

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*si-sta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sessaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sessaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sessmaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sessmaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seasuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 632
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Verb

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

1. stand
2. support, back, back up
3. endure, last

   Synonym: mair

Mutation

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseas/ [ˈse.as]
• Rhymes: -eas
• Syllabification: se‧as

Verb

seas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of ser