-sean

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sean"

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃənˠ/

Suffix

-sean

1. alternative form of -san (used after palatalized consonants and front vowels)

See also

Irish emphatic suffixes

	person		after a broad consonant	after a slender consonant
singular	first		-sa	-se
	second
	third	m	-san	-sean
		f	-sa	-se
plural	first		-na	-ne -e (after nn in pronouns)
	second		-sa	-se
	third		-san	-sean

Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor; to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject; and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object.