sèid

See also: seid, Seid, SEID, and séid

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• séid

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