different between bays vs seas

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z

Etymology 1

Inflections.

Noun

bays

1. plural of bay

Verb

bays

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bay

Etymology 2

From French baies, feminine plural form of bai (“reddish-brown”).

Noun

bays (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Baize.

Anagrams

• YBAs, abys

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?z, IPA^(key): /si?z/
• Homophones: sees, seize
• Rhymes: -i?z

Noun

seas

1. plural of sea

Related terms

• the seven seas

Anagrams

• ESAs, Essa, SAEs, SASE, SSAE, ases, asse

Estonian

Etymology 1

Inessive case of siga.

Noun

seas

1. inessive singular of siga

Etymology 2

Derived from segama (“to stir, to mix”)

Postposition

seas

1. among, amongst

   Rahva seas oli palju lapsi.

   There were lots of kids among the crowd.

Irish

Etymology

From earlier seasamh, seasaigh, seasmhaigh, denominative from the verbal noun seasamh, from Old Irish sessam, verbal noun of sissidir, from Proto-Celtic *sistati, from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh?ti, reduplicated present of *steh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?as?/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /?æs?/

Verb

seas (present analytic seasann, future analytic seasfaidh, verbal noun seasamh, past participle seasta)

1. stand

Conjugation

Mutation

References

• Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) , “*si-sta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 338
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sessaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sessaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sessmaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sessmaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “seasuighim” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "seas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

seas (past sheas, future seasaidh, verbal noun seasamh, past participle seaste)

1. stand
2. support, back, back up
3. endure, last

   Synonym: mair

Mutation

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?seas/, [?se.as]

Verb

seas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of ser.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of ser.