'sé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃeː/
  • Homophone: sé

Particle

’sé

  1. Contraction of is é (“it is, he is”).
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      ’Sé dubhairt sí leis an tiománach​—​“Stad do chuid déanamh grinn ⁊ magaidh ormsa.”
      It is what she said to the driver: “Leave off your merry-making and don’t be mocking me.”
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