sé1, 3 sg. m. pron. He; it (usually referring to m. noun). (Subject of verb; not used with copula) 1. Tá ~ go maith, he is well. Tá ~ déanta, it is done. Cheannaigh ~ teach, he bought a house. Chosain ~ anrud airgid air, it cost him a terrible lot of money. 2. (Referring to weather, time, space, happening or event) Tá ~ ag cur go trom, it is raining heavily. Bhí ~ mall san oíche, it was late at night. Tá ~ a dó a chlog, it is two o’clock. Tá ~ pléisiúrtha a bheith ag caint leat, it is pleasant to talk to you. Bheadh ~ chomh maith againn suí, we might as well sit. Beidh ~ ina chogadh eatarthu, there will be war between them.
sé2, num. s. & a. Six. 1. m. (gs. ~, pl. ~anna).(a) (In counting; usually preceded by particle a. See a3)A ~, six. A ~ déag, sixteen. Fiche a ~, a ~ is fiche, twenty-six. Céad is a ~, one hundred and six. A ~ is a ~, six and six. (A) ~ nó (a) seacht de bhlianta ó shin, six or seven years ago. A ~ a chlog, six o’clock. Uimhir a ~, number six. (b)Trí shé, three sixes. Faoi shé, six times, sixfold. (c) (Of figure, series) Tá an ~ agam, I have the six. An ~ triuf, the six of clubs. Scrios an ~, delete the (figure) six. 2. (Followed by sg. or pl. of noun and pl. of adjective; lenites initial consonant of sg. noun, prefixes h to initial vowel of pl. noun) ~ mhí, ~ oíche, six months, six nights. ~ bliana, ~ huaire, six years, six times. ~ bhó dhéag, ~ chapall déag, sixteen cows, sixteen horses. ~ lá is daichead, forty-six days. ~ bhláth dhearga, six red flowers. ~ chéad punt, six hundred pounds.
sé3, m. 1 = sea1. 2. (In phrases) Duine, uair, ~ nó seachráin, an occasional person, time. Cúrsa ~ nó seachráin, passing event, anything of interest.