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seinn.

to play (musical instrument)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʃin̠ʲ/Mayo, Ulster
  1. to play (musical instrument)

    Is fada an bheirt cheoltóirí seo ag seinm le chéile.
  2. to play (audio, and sometimes video, on/with a machine)

    Tá sé ag seinm dlúthdhiosca sa tseinnteoir.
  3. to sing, warble, chatter

Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish sendid, from Old Irish seinnid (“to make a sound, play an instrument”), from Proto-Celtic *swannati, from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-.

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