seun

See also: ṣeun

Afrikaans

Etymology

From dialectal Dutch zeun (standard zoon), from Middle Dutch sone, suene, from Old Dutch *sunu, suno, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /seøn/
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Noun

seun (plural seuns, diminutive seuntjie)

son
Antonym: dogter
boy
Synonym: seunskind

Antonyms: meisie, dogter

Irish

Noun

seun m (genitive singular séin, nominative plural seuna)

Obsolete spelling of séan (“sign”).

Declension

Declension of seun (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	seun	sa
vocative	a sein	a seuna
genitive	sein	seun
dative	seun	sa

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an seun	na sa
genitive	an sein	na seun
dative	leis an seun don seun	leis na sa

Verb

seun (present analytic seunann, future analytic seunfaidh, verbal noun seunadh, past participle seunta)

Obsolete spelling of séan (“to mark with a sign”).

Conjugation

conjugation of seun (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	seunaim	seunann tú; seunair^†	seunann sé, sí	seunaimid	seunann sibh	seunann siad; seunaid^†	a sheunann; a sheunas / a seunann*	seuntar
	past	sheun mé; sheunas	sheun tú; sheunais	sheun sé, sí	sheunamar; sheun muid	sheun sibh; sheunabhair	sheun siad; sheunadar	a sheun / ar sheun*	seunadh
	past habitual	sheunainn / seunainn‡‡	sheuntá / seuntá‡‡	sheunadh sé, sí / seunadh sé, sí‡‡	sheunaimis; sheunadh muid / seunaimis‡‡; seunadh muid‡‡	sheunadh sibh / seunadh sibh‡‡	sheunaidís; sheunadh siad / seunaidís‡‡; seunadh siad‡‡	a sheunadh / a seunadh*	sheuntaí / seuntaí‡‡
future		seunfaidh mé; seunfad	seunfaidh tú; seunfair^†	seunfaidh sé, sí	seunfaimid; seunfaidh muid	seunfaidh sibh	seunfaidh siad; seunfaid^†	a sheunfaidh; a sheunfas / a seunfaidh*	seunfar
conditional		sheunfainn / seunfainn‡‡	sheunfá / seunfá‡‡	sheunfadh sé, sí / seunfadh sé, sí‡‡	sheunfaimis; sheunfadh muid / seunfaimis‡‡; seunfadh muid‡‡	sheunfadh sibh / seunfadh sibh‡‡	sheunfaidís; sheunfadh siad / seunfaidís‡‡; seunfadh siad‡‡	a sheunfadh / a seunfadh*	sheunfaí / seunfaí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go seuna mé; go seunad^†	go seuna tú; go seunair^†	go seuna sé, sí	go seunaimid; go seuna muid	go seuna sibh	go seuna siad; go seunaid^†	—	go seuntar
subjunctive	past	dá seunainn	dá seuntá	dá seunadh sé, sí	dá seunaimis; dá seunadh muid	dá seunadh sibh	dá seunaidís; dá seunadh siad	—	dá seuntaí
imperative		seunaim	seun	seunadh sé, sí	seunaimis	seunaigí; seunaidh^†	seunaidís	—	seuntar
verbal noun		seunadh
past participle		seunta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of *seun*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
seun	sheun after an, tseun	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sén, from Latin signum. Cognate to English sain and Scots sain, which see for more information.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃian/

Noun

seun m (genitive seuna, nominative plural seunan or seuntan)

a charm (for protection)
the sign of the cross
protection
prosperity, fortune

Etymology 2

According to MacBain, likely derived from the same source as Etymology 1.

Noun

seun m (genitive seuna, nominative plural seunan or seuntan)

denial, refusal, shun

Verb

seun (past sheun, future seunaidh, verbal noun seunad, past participle seunte)

deny, refuse, shun

Mutation

Mutation of *seun*
radical	lenition
seun	sheun after "an", t-seun

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “seun”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Edward Dwelly (1911) “seun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN