different between seas vs sess

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

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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.

English

Alternative forms

• cess

Etymology

Aphetic form of assess.

Verb

sess (third-person singular simple present sesses, present participle sessing, simple past and past participle sessed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To lay a tax upon; to assess.

Noun

sess (plural sesses)

1. (obsolete) A tax; an assessment.

References

• sess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

German Low German

Alternative forms

• söß, söss, soss

Etymology

From Middle Low German ses, from Old Saxon sehs. Compare German sechs, Dutch zes.

Numeral

sess

1. (Low Prussian) six (6)

See also

• Plautdietsch: sass

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz (“seat”). Cognate with Old English sess (“seat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s?/

  Rhymes: -?s?

Noun

sess m (genitive singular sess, nominative plural sessar)

1. place to sit, seat

   Synonym: sæti

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian sesso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s/

Noun

sess m (plural sessi)

1. gender
2. sex (sexual intercourse)

Derived terms

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós. Related to sitte.

Noun

sess m (definite singular sessen, indefinite plural sesser, definite plural sessene)

1. seat
2. rear, back, end

Derived terms

• være tung i sessen

References

• “sess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sess” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós. Related to sitja.

Noun

sess m (definite singular sessen, indefinite plural sessar, definite plural sessane)

1. seat
2. milking stool
3. rear, back, end

Derived terms

• tung i sessen

Synonyms

• (seat): sete, sitjeplass
• (milking stool): mjølkekrakk

References

• “sess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós.

Noun

sess m (genitive sess, plural sessar)

1. seat

Descendants

References

• sess in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press