cessin

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈse.sin]

Verb

cessin

1. inflection of cessar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ceisin, ceissin, cesin

Etymology

Probably a univerbation of cía (“which”) +‎ ḟessin (“self”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲe.sʲənʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈkʲe.sʲɪnʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈkʲe.sʲɨnʲ]

Pronoun

cessin (used in the third-person singular masculine and neuter)

1. self
2. (adjectival) one's own

Inflection

	féin	fadéin	céin	cadéin
1 sg.	féin	fadéin	céin	cadéin
2 sg.	féin	fadéin	—	—
3 sg. m./n.	fes(s)in, feis(s)in féin	fades(s)in, fadeis(s)in fadéne	ces(s)in, ceis(s)in	cades(s)in, cadeis(s)in
3 sg. f.	fes(s)in, feis(s)in, fissin fes(s)ine, feisine, feis(s)ne	fadisin fade(is)sne	—	—
1 pl.	fes(s)ine	fanis(s)in	—	canisin
2 pl.	fes(s)in, feis(s)in feis(s)ne	fanis(s)in	—	—
3 pl.	fes(s)in, feis(s)in fes(s)ine, feisine, feis(s)ne	fades(s)in, fadeis(s)in, fedesin fades(s)ine, fadeisine, fadeis(s)ne	ceisne	cades(s)in, cadeis(s)in cades(s)ine, cadeisine, cadesne

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fadéin, féin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 485, pages 306–7; reprinted 2017
• Pedersen, Holger (1913), Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 490, page 153