seamróg
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish semróc, from semar + -óc. By surface analysis, seamair (“clover”) + -óg (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editseamróg f (genitive singular seamróige, nominative plural seamróga)
Declension
editDeclension of seamróg
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Descendants
edit- → English: shamrock
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
seamróg | sheamróg after an, tseamróg |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seamróg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “semróg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language