seaimpéin

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English champagne, from French champagne.

Noun

seaimpéin f (genitive singular seaimpéine, nominative plural seaimpéiní)

1. champagne

Declension

Declension of seaimpéin

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seaimpéin seaimpéiní Vocative a sheaimpéin a sheaimpéiní Genitive seaimpéine seaimpéiní Dative seaimpéin seaimpéiní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tseaimpéin na seaimpéiní Genitive na seaimpéine na seaimpéiní Dative leis an tseaimpéin don tseaimpéin leis na seaimpéiní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seaimpéin	sheaimpéin after an, tseaimpéin	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) “seaimpéin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seaimpéin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seaimpéin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024