pron. indef. See
GOI § 461 (b)
and
466
.
Used before nominative of personal pronouns and nominative
and dative without preposition of substantives, and before
substantives preceded by a prep. (when folld. by a subst. this
may or may not be preceded by a pron.):
sechi chruth,
Wb.
5b18
.
sechi donaib anetarcnaidib `to any strangers whatever',
Ml. 31a17
(gl. ad quoscumque ignotos).
sechi ó óenrainn gl. ex
una qualibet parte,
Thes. ii 2.25
(
Acr. 4c1
). Cf. i sachi retib gl.
in quibus autem rebus,
ZCP vii 482.18
(
Enchir. Aug. 75b
), which
Thurneysen, loc. cit. says `is probably a Latinism'. Coalesces
with copula: indic. pres. pl. 3
sechit háe,
Ml. 101d4
.
sechitat
n-é (sic MS.),
Thes. ii 25.38
(
BCr. 35d5
). subj. pres. s. 3
sechib
ed dliged són,
Sg. 181a8
.
sechip ed,
Ml. 120c1
. subj. past s. 3
sechipad ed,
39c15
. In later texts the form is
sechip -b,
sicib -p. See below.
Archaic form:
saichi crud,
Wb. 23b22
(a prima manu).
whoever, whatever
: adgenammar a séis sechip hé no-da-pridcha `we know his meaning, whosoever he be that preaches it',
Wb. 14d28
.
séchip hé dán . . . doberthar do neuch,
13a3
.
sechib grád i mbether and imp óge fa lánamnas,
10a18
.
sechi
hed ríi a less `whatsoever she may need',
7b3
. rodchluinethar s.¤
he `who hears it, whoever he be',
Ml. 129c19
(gl. auditori). a
persainn s.¤ si `in whatever character',
115a2
. s.¤ dú nutsoesiu
`wherever thou turnest',
112b6
. a duini s.¤ tú `O man whosoever',
70d4
(gl. té, . . . talia agente). s.¤ sí dia rignaib gl. reginam
quamlibet,
65d8
.
sechip sí fochaid imbé nech,
53b1
. sechitat
hé gl. (solidas) quasque (materias),
51d7
. combad frisna gruade
┐ frisna forbru citacomairsed sechipad ed dodaíssed whatever
might come to them,
39c15
. etir in dobrethir s.¤ ssí ┐ remsuidigud
`or between any adverb whatsoever and . . .',
Sg. 27a18
.
im dán
toísig nó thánaisi, sechib dán (sicib MSS.) di[i]b,
Críth G.
323
.
secip tacra dogniat na haicneada,
O'Curry 250
(
H 3.18,
p. 145a
). clad-bla; crich son íncoisce duae, na urclaide, no
rath, no feart, no secib duae `or any mound whatever',
Laws iv
144.16 Comm
. secip leth tíasat ind ócdaim . . . bad and sein
. . . in whatever direction,
Trip.² 2990
.
sicip hé dígbas in n-eclais,
751
.
secip blas bá mellach la nech fogebed fair,
LU
1787
(ICM). secip drúi co ṅdíchur eluda draidechta na Cristaige, ticed chucum-sa `if there be any magician who can . . .',
PH 1172
.
secip foradh-chnoc ard . . . i n-a tteicēmadh imat
snechta . . . dó,
Fl. Earls 192.27
.
seicibtan .i. gibe tráth no
uair,
O'Cl.
? To this:
intan asberar is ed a cheann sechis (? leg. sechi
ed) ceann fir on no mna,
Auraic. 544
.