seamair
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish semar, semair (“clover, shamrock”).
Noun
editseamair f (genitive singular seimre, nominative plural seamra)
Declension
editDeclension of seamair
Derived terms
edit- seamair bhán f (“white clover”)
- seamair choille f (“wood-sorrel”)
- seamair chré f (“speedwell”)
- seamair dhearg f, seamair chapaill f (“red clover”)
- seamair mhilis f (“sweet clover”)
- seamair Mhuire f (“four-leaved shamrock”)
- seamróg f (“shamrock”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
seamair | sheamair after an, tseamair |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seamair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “semar, semair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language