samhnas

See also: samhnás and sámhnas

Irish

Alternative forms

• samhlas, samhlás, samhnás

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠãunˠəsˠ/, /ˈsˠãun̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

samhnas m (genitive singular samhnais)

1. nausea; disgust

Declension

Declension of samhnas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative samhnas Vocative a shamhnais Genitive samhnais Dative samhnas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an samhnas Genitive an tsamhnais Dative leis an samhnas don samhnas

Derived terms

• samhnasach (“nauseating”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “samhnas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57