sèid

See also: seid, Seid, SEID, and séid

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish séitid (compare Welsh chwythu (“to blow”)).

Noun

sèid m (genitive singular sèid, plural sèidean)

  1. blowing, puff

Verb

sèid (past shèid, future sèididh, verbal noun sèideadh, past participle sèidte)

  1. blow, breathe in, breathe out
    sèid suas a' phìob ― play the pipes (literally, “blow the pipes”)
  2. bloat, inflate
  3. swell, puff up
  4. pant, puff
  5. (dated) instigate
    Is tusa a tha 'ga shèideach. ― It is you that instigates him
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