seamhan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish semen, from Latin sēmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃəunˠ/

Noun

seamhan m (genitive singular seamhain)

1. semen

Declension

Declension of seamhan

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative seamhan Vocative a sheamhain Genitive seamhain Dative seamhan

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an seamhan Genitive an tseamhain Dative leis an seamhan don seamhan

Derived terms

• seamhanmhar (“seminiferous”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sémen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seamhan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “seamhan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024