seasamh

From Old Irish sessam. By surface analysis, seas +‎ -amh.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃasˠəvˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃasˠəvˠ/, /ˈʃasˠə/, /ˈʃasˠuː/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈʃæsˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃasˠu/

seasamh m (genitive singular as substantive seasaimh, genitive as verbal noun seasta)

1. verbal noun of seas

   Tá sí ina seasamh.

   She is standing up (lit. "she is in her standing").

2. (act or state of) standing, a standing position

   Tuitim as mo sheasamh.

   I fall down, faint.

3. endurance, durability, resistance

   Tá seasamh san aimsir.

   The weather is holding good.

4. reliance

   Is ort atá mo sheasamh.

   I’m relying on you.

5. tolerance, putting up with

   Níl seasamh ag aoinne léi.

   No one can put up with her.

• páipéar seasaimh (“position paper”)

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sessam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seasaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 631
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seasamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Old Irish sessam. By surface analysis, seas +‎ -amh

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃes̪əv/

seasamh m (genitive singular seasaimh, plural seasamhan)

1. verbal noun of seas
2. attitude, position