septs
SaySEPTS/sɛpts/
- 1Plural of sept.
The clan was divided into several septs, each led by its own elders.
Historians traced how the great families branched into numerous septs across the region.
Note
A regular plural with a plain -s, and it serves both nouns spelled sept. One names clans or families descended from a common ancestor, above all the ancient clans of Ireland; the other names enclosures or railings. Context does the sorting: the septs of a family are kin, the septs around a yard are barriers. The verb sept, a nonstandard past of seep, never takes this -s.
septs is a form of Sept
- Forms
- Septsepts plural
- Spelling
- Sept → septs: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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