séad

• seud (obsolete)

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃiːa̯d̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʃeːd̪ˠ/

From Old Irish sét (“path, way”),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *sentus (compare Welsh hynt), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).

séad m (genitive singular séada, nominative plural séada)

1. path, way

From Old Irish sét (“object of value, chattel”).^[2] Doublet of seoid and possibly saint.

séad m (genitive singular séada, nominative plural séada) (literary)

1. valuable (personal possession of relatively great monetary value)
2. chattel (tangible, movable property)
3. objet d'art
4. (in the plural) treasures, wealth

• Dún na Séad (“Baltimore, County Cork”)
• séad fine (“heirloom”)
• séad suirí (“love token”)

From English jade.

séad m (genitive singular séid)

1. jade (gem)

• séadghlas

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
séad	shéad after an, tséad	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “séad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “séad”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “séad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024