Seumas
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Seumas.
Proper noun edit
Seumas
- A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English James.
Irish edit
Proper noun edit
Seumas m (genitive Sheumais)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Seumas | Sheumas after an, tSeumas |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English James. Compare Irish Séamas.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Seumas m (genitive Sheumais, vocative a Sheumais, diminutive Seumaidh)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English James
- (biblical) James
Declension edit
Declension of Seumas (type I masculine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | Seumas | Seumais |
| Genitive | Seumais | Sheumas |
| Dative | Seumas | Seumais; Seumasaibh* |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (an) Seumas | (na) Seumais |
| Genitive | (an) t-Seumais | (nan) Seumas |
| Dative | (an) t-Seumas | (na) Seumais; Seumasaibh* |
| Vocative | (a) Sheumais | (a) Sheumasa |
*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century
Derived terms edit
- Seumasach (“Jacobite”)
- Seumas-ruadh (“puffin”)
Descendants edit
- → English: Hamish
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| Seumas | Sheumas after "an", t-Seumas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |