Sáimis

Irish

Etymology

From Sámi (+ -is (“-ish, -ese”)), from one of the Sami languages.

Proper noun

Sáimis f (genitive Sáimise)

1. Sami, Lapp, Lappish (language)

   Synonym: Laplainnis

Declension

Declension of Sáimis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Sáimis Vocative a Sháimis Genitive Sáimise Dative Sáimis

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tSáimis Genitive na Sáimise Dative leis an tSáimis don tSáimis

Related terms

• An Laplainn f (“Lapland, Saamiland, Samiland, Sápmi”)
• Laplannach, Sámach (“Sami, Lapp, Lappish”, adjective)
• Laplannach m, Sámach m (“Sami, Lapp, Lapplander”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Sáimis	Sháimis after an, tSáimis	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Sami”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024