seaimpín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English champion.

Noun

seaimpín m (genitive singular seaimpín, nominative plural seaimpíní)

1. (sports) champion

   Synonym: curadh

2. champion (variety of potato)

Declension

Declension of seaimpín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seaimpín seaimpíní Vocative a sheaimpín a sheaimpíní Genitive seaimpín seaimpíní Dative seaimpín seaimpíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an seaimpín na seaimpíní Genitive an tseaimpín na seaimpíní Dative leis an seaimpín don seaimpín leis na seaimpíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seaimpín	sheaimpín after an, tseaimpín	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) “seaimpín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “champion”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024