seisir

Irish

Noun

seisir m

inflection of seisear:
1. vocative/genitive singular
2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of *seisir*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
seisir	sheisir after an, tseisir	not applicable

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

Old French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin sacire, present active infinitive of saciō. The Trésor de Langue Française Informatisé and Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch both link seisir back to Old High German *sazjan.^[1]^[2]

Verb

seisir

to grip (hold firmly)
to seize (take by force)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of seisir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		seisir			avoir seisi
gerund		en seisissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		seisissant
past participle		seisi
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	seisis	seisis	seisist	seisissons	seisissez	seisissent
	imperfect	seisissoie, seisisseie	seisissoies, seisisseies	seisissoit, seisisseit	seisissiiens, seisissiens	seisissiiez, seisissiez	seisissoient, seisisseient
	preterite	seisi	seisis	seisi	seisimes	seisistes	seisirent
	future	seisirai	seisiras	seisira	seisirons	seisiroiz, seisireiz, seisirez	seisiront
	conditional	seisiroie, seisireie	seisiroies, seisireies	seisiroit, seisireit	seisiriiens, seisiriens	seisiriiez, seisiriez	seisiroient, seisireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	seisisse	seisisses	seisisse	seisissons	seisissez	seisissent
simple tenses	imperfect	seisisse	seisisses	seisist	seisissons, seisissiens	seisissoiz, seisissez, seisissiez	seisissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	seisis	—	seisissons	seisissez	—

Descendants

→ English: seize
French: saisir

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (saisir)

^ Etymology and history of “saisir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*sazjan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 19

[1] Etymology and history of “saisir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

[2] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*sazjan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 19

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