Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish samail (likeness, similarity; description; simile, metaphor).

Noun edit

samhail f (genitive singular samhla, nominative plural samhlacha)

  1. likeness, image
  2. model, mock-up
  3. effigy
  4. simile

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

samhail (present analytic samhlaíonn, future analytic samhlóidh, verbal noun samhailt, past participle samhlaithe)

  1. Alternative form of samhlaigh

Conjugation edit

Mutation edit

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

Further reading edit