seachain

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃaxənʲ/, (Cois Fharraige) [ˈʃæːxənʲ]

Verb

seachain (present analytic seachnaíonn, future analytic seachnóidh, verbal noun seachaint, past participle seachanta)

to avoid, evade, shun
Ní féidir iad a sheachaint. ― It's impossible to avoid them.
to take care, to mind
Seachain na smugairle róin. ― Mind the seal spit.
to yield

Conjugation

conjugation of seachain (second conjugation)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	seachaint
past participle	seachanta
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	seachnaím	seachnaíonn tú; seachnaír^†	seachnaíonn sé, sí	seachnaímid; seachnaíonn muid	seachnaíonn sibh	seachnaíonn siad; seachnaíd^†	a sheachnaíonn; a sheachnaíos / a seachnaíonn*	seachnaítear
past	sheachain mé; sheachnaíos	sheachain tú; sheachnaís	sheachain sé, sí	sheachnaíomar; sheachain muid	sheachain sibh; sheachnaíobhair	sheachain siad; sheachnaíodar	a sheachain / ar sheachain*	seachnaíodh
past habitual	sheachnaínn / seachnaínn‡‡	sheachnaíteá / seachnaíteá‡‡	sheachnaíodh sé, sí / seachnaíodh sé, sí‡‡	sheachnaímis; sheachnaíodh muid / seachnaímis‡‡; seachnaíodh muid‡‡	sheachnaíodh sibh / seachnaíodh sibh‡‡	sheachnaídís; sheachnaíodh siad / seachnaídís‡‡; seachnaíodh siad‡‡	a sheachnaíodh / a seachnaíodh*	sheachnaítí / seachnaítí‡‡
future	seachnóidh mé; seachnód; seachnóchaidh mé^†	seachnóidh tú; seachnóir^†; seachnóchaidh tú^†	seachnóidh sé, sí; seachnóchaidh sé, sí^†	seachnóimid; seachnóidh muid; seachnóchaimid^†; seachnóchaidh muid^†	seachnóidh sibh; seachnóchaidh sibh^†	seachnóidh siad; seachnóid^†; seachnóchaidh siad^†	a sheachnóidh; a sheachnós; a sheachnóchaidh^†; a sheachnóchas^† / a seachnóidh; a seachnóchaidh^†	seachnófar; seachnóchar^†
conditional	sheachnóinn; sheachnóchainn^† / seachnóinn‡‡; seachnóchainn^†‡‡	sheachnófá; sheachnóchthá^† / seachnófá‡‡; seachnóchthá^†‡‡	sheachnódh sé, sí; sheachnóchadh sé, sí^† / seachnódh sé, sí‡‡; seachnóchadh sé, sí^†‡‡	sheachnóimis; sheachnódh muid; sheachnóchaimis^†; sheachnóchadh muid^† / seachnóimis‡‡; seachnódh muid‡‡; seachnóchaimis^†‡‡; seachnóchadh muid^†‡‡	sheachnódh sibh; sheachnóchadh sibh^† / seachnódh sibh‡‡; seachnóchadh sibh^†‡‡	sheachnóidís; sheachnódh siad; sheachnóchadh siad^† / seachnóidís‡‡; seachnódh siad‡‡; seachnóchadh siad^†‡‡	a sheachnódh; a sheachnóchadh^† / a seachnódh; a seachnóchadh^†	sheachnófaí; sheachnóchthaí^† / seachnófaí‡‡; seachnóchthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive
present	go seachnaí mé; go seachnaíod^†	go seachnaí tú; go seachnaír^†	go seachnaí sé, sí	go seachnaímid; go seachnaí muid	go seachnaí sibh	go seachnaí siad; go seachnaíd^†	—	go seachnaítear
past	dá seachnaínn	dá seachnaíteá	dá seachnaíodh sé, sí	dá seachnaímis; dá seachnaíodh muid	dá seachnaíodh sibh	dá seachnaídís; dá seachnaíodh siad	—	dá seachnaítí
imperative
–	seachnaím	seachain	seachnaíodh sé, sí	seachnaímis	seachnaígí; seachnaídh^†	seachnaídís	—	seachnaítear

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

Derived terms

dosheachanta (“inevitable”, adjective)
inseachanta (“avoidable”, adjective)
seachantach (“elusive”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *seachain*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
seachain	sheachain after an, tseachain	not applicable

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sechnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

seachainn

Etymology

From Middle Irish sechnaid.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛxɪn/

Verb

seachain (past sheachain, future seachainidh, verbal noun seachnadh, past participle seachainte)

Conjugation

Conjugation of seachain (regular)
		singular			plural			impersonal
stem		seachain
verbal noun		seachnadh
past participle		seachainte

		first	second	third m/f	first	second	third	impersonal
independent	past	sheachain mi	sheachain tu	sheachain e/i	sheachain sinn	sheachain sibh	sheachain iad	sheachaineadh
	future	seachainidh mi	seachainidh tu	seachainidh e/i	seachainidh sinn	seachainidh sibh	seachainidh iad	seachainear seachaintear
	conditional	sheachaininn	sheachaineadh tu	sheachaineadh e/i	sheachaineamaid sheachaineadh sinn	sheachaineadh sibh	sheachaineadh iad	sheachainteadh sheachainist¹ sheachainiste¹
negative	past	cha do sheachain mi	cha do sheachain tu	cha do sheachain e/i	cha do sheachain sinn	cha do sheachain sibh	cha do sheachain iad	cha do sheachaineadh
	future	cha sheachain mi	cha sheachain tu	cha sheachain e/i	cha sheachain sinn	cha sheachain sibh	cha sheachain iad	cha sheachainear cha sheachaintear
	conditional	cha sheachaininn	cha sheachaineadh tu	cha sheachaineadh e/i	cha sheachaineamaid cha sheachaineadh sinn	cha sheachaineadh sibh	cha sheachaineadh iad	cha sheachainteadh cha sheachainist¹ cha sheachainiste¹
affirmative interrogative	past	an do sheachain mi?	an do sheachain tu?	an do sheachain e/i?	an do sheachain sinn?	an do sheachain sibh?	an do sheachain iad?	an do sheachaineadh?
	future	an seachain mi?	an seachain tu?	an seachain e/i?	an seachain sinn?	an seachain sibh?	an seachain iad?	an seachainear? an seachaintear?
	conditional	an seachaininn?	an seachaineadh tu?	an seachaineadh e/i?	an seachaineamaid? an seachaineadh sinn?	an seachaineadh sibh?	an seachaineadh iad?	an seachainteadh? an seachainist?¹ an seachainiste?¹
negative interrogative	past	nach do sheachain mi?	nach do sheachain tu?	nach do sheachain e/i?	nach do sheachain sinn?	nach do sheachain sibh?	nach do sheachain iad?	nach do sheachaineadh?
	future	nach seachain mi?	nach seachain tu?	nach seachain e/i?	nach seachain sinn?	nach seachain sibh?	nach seachain iad?	nach seachainear? nach seachaintear?
	conditional	nach seachaininn?	nach seachaineadh tu?	nach seachaineadh e/i?	nach seachaineamaid? nach seachaineadh sinn?	nach seachaineadh sibh?	nach seachaineadh iad?	nach seachainteadh? nach seachainist?¹ nach seachainiste?¹
relative future	affirmative	(ma) sheachaineas mi	(ma) sheachaineas tu	(ma) sheachaineas e/i	(ma) sheachaineas sinn	(ma) sheachaineas sibh	(ma) sheachaineas iad	(ma) sheachainear
relative future	negative	(mur) seachain mi	(mur) seachain tu	(mur) seachain e/i	(mur) seachain sinn	(mur) seachain sibh	(mur) seachain iad	(mur) seachainear (mur) seachaintear
imperative		seachaineam	seachain	seachaineadh e/i	seachaineamaid	seachainibh	seachaineadh iad	seachainear seachaintear

¹ Lewis dialect form

Mutation

Mutation of *seachain*
radical	lenition
seachain	sheachain after "an", t-seachain

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

[1] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sechnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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