seamair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish semar, semair (“clover, shamrock”).

Noun

seamair f (genitive singular seimre, nominative plural seamra)

1. clover

Declension

Declension of seamair

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seamair seamra Vocative a sheamair a sheamra Genitive seimre seamar Dative seamair seamra

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tseamair na seamra Genitive na seimre na seamar Dative leis an tseamair don tseamair leis na seamra

Derived terms

• seamair bhán f (“white clover”)
• seamair choille f (“wood-sorrel”)
• seamair chré f (“speedwell”)
• seamair dhearg f, seamair chapaill f (“red clover”)
• seamair mhilis f (“sweet clover”)
• seamair Mhuire f (“four-leaved shamrock”)
• seamróg f (“shamrock”)

 

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seamair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “semar, semair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language