sessam

== Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *sistamus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsʲe.səβ̃/ (Blasse) [ˈsʲe.saβ̃] (Griffith) [ˈsʲe.səβ̃] === Noun === sessam m verbal noun of sissidir: standing standing by, defending, standing fast resisting, holding out, making a stand ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: seasamh Manx: shassoo Scottish Gaelic: seasamh === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sessam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language