cessin
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
cessin
- inflection of cessar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably a univerbation of cía (“which”) + ḟessin (“self”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʲe.sʲənʲ/
- (Blasse) [ˈkʲe.sʲɪnʲ]
- (Griffith) [ˈkʲe.sʲɨnʲ]
Pronoun
cessin (used in the third-person singular masculine and neuter)
Inflection
| féin | fadéin | céin | cadéin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 sg. | féin | fadéin | céin | cadéin |
| 2 sg. | féin | fadéin | — | — |
| 3 sg. m./n. | fes(s)in, feis(s)in féin |
fades(s)in, fadeis(s)in fadéne |
ces(s)in, ceis(s)in | cades(s)in, cadeis(s)in |
| 3 sg. f. | fes(s)in, feis(s)in, fissin fes(s)ine, feisine, feis(s)ne |
fadisin fade(is)sne |
— | — |
| 1 pl. | fes(s)ine | fanis(s)in | — | canisin |
| 2 pl. | fes(s)in, feis(s)in feis(s)ne |
fanis(s)in | — | — |
| 3 pl. | fes(s)in, feis(s)in fes(s)ine, feisine, feis(s)ne |
fades(s)in, fadeis(s)in, fedesin fades(s)ine, fadeisine, fadeis(s)ne |
ceisne | cades(s)in, cadeis(s)in cades(s)ine, cadeisine, cadesne |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fadéin, féin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 485, pages 306–7; reprinted 2017
- Pedersen, Holger (1913), Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 490, page 153