v ā denies, disowns, rejects : cumal for nech senathair iar naititean, Laws iii 110.5 Comm . mas ris na neichib indises lebar ro caith iat ┐ ní ra senait is [s]lan, 532.6 Comm . mas ris na neichib indiseas leabhar ro caithit iat ┐ ro sennustar, 8 Comm . ar na ro sentar in tapa, i 286.21 Comm . mad a naimsir lachta not sendais na ba a laeghu, 24.20 Comm . do shéandaois na ba a laoigh, Keat. iii 526 . ro sen . . . goid an reithe fo mhionnaibh, Mart. Don. 338.16 . cīa rotsēnustar ar tlās | do muinterus, mō gach drūis, ZCP x 47 § 23 . is é fáth fá séanaid an drong leanas an seachrán so purgadóir, TSh. 4321 . do t-séanadar clann Bhrian . . . sin ┐ adúbhradar go raibhe a n-athair rómpa, ML App. 178.11 . dá sénta na beirt do boing | a ceilt ní ḟédfa in ḟalloing, IGT Decl. ex. 698 . a thriath fa thrí an tann do shéan, DDána 39.7 . ná sén ionn mar ollumain, O'Gr. Cat. 475.28 . séanfaidh an t-oighre an t-athair, TD 31.30 . más d'iarraidh síth go nua nois | shéanas tú an trom do rónais, Content. ix 15 .

With prepp. s.¤ . . . imm denies . . . in the matter of: amal bud ed atbere[d]: no-co sénaim-si umat-sa sin as much as to say: I do not deny what thou sayest (Christ and Caiaphus), PH 3157 . daig senfaid ime he will deny it against him (of a repudiated contract), Laws iv 54.24 Comm . s.¤ . . . for (ar): dombert bennachtain dī for fír d'indissi dó, ocus mallacht dīa sénad fair, MacCongl. 5.18 . cid air budein cid ar nech aile ro tsheindistar in cin, Laws iii 110.11 Comm . `ná séan' ar Conall re Conn | `do sgéal oram, a anam' do not keep thy story back from me, DDána 105.20 . an dream shéanas ar an eaglais offrála `qui oblationes negant ecclesiis', TSh. 4664 . an drong . . . shéanas ar an oide faoisidne . . . nach bíd féin ciontach, 9034 .

With neg. clause denies that: do shéan nachar ghlac féin a shamhail sin uaidh riamh `she denied that she had ever accepted such a thing from him', Keat. ii 5295 . gidh séanas Cailbhin nach fhéidir le Dia arán do chlaochlodh i substaint chuirp Chríost denies that it is possible, Eochairsg. 59.1 . séanfad . . . | nach mé bhí go haorach treórach I will deny that I used to be, Hackett xxvi 107 .

Vn. séna, 1 sénad. Same wd. as 2 sénaid, q.v.