sàs

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːs/

Etymology

From Early Irish sás ‘snare, trap, noose’, from Middle Irish sén ‘trap (esp. for catching birds)’, from Proto-Celtic *segno-, *sogno- ‘trap, snare’, from Proto-Indo-European *seg- ‘attach, touch, sow’ (semantic development from ‘attach’ to ‘catch’, hence ‘snare’).

Verb

sàs (past shàs, future sàsaidh, verbal noun sàsadh, past participle sàsta)

1. seize, grasp
2. adhere to

Derived terms

an sàs (“caught/stuck in/on; engaged/involved in”, adverb)