Séamas

Irish

Alternative forms

• Séamus, Seumas

Etymology

Borrowed from English James, from Middle English James, from Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iacomus, variant form of Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Iacób.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːmˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːmˠəsˠ/, [ˈʃɛːmˠəsˠ]

Proper noun

Séamas m (genitive Séamais)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English James or Jacob
2. (biblical) James (book of the Bible; either of the two apostles)

Declension

Declension of Séamas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Séamas Vocative a Shéamais Genitive Séamais Dative Séamas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an Séamas Genitive an tSéamais Dative leis an Séamas don Séamas

Synonyms

• (letter of James): Litir Naomh Séamas

Derived terms

• Naomh Séamas (“Saint James”)
• Séamaisín (“Jimmy”)
• Soiscéal Shéamais (“the Gospel of James”)

Descendants

• → English: Seamus, Shamus

Mutation

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