seanmóir

Irish

Alternative forms

• seanamóir, seanmóin, seanmoir, searmóin

Etymology

From Middle Irish sermóin, from Latin sermō, with metathesis of r and n. Compare Scottish Gaelic searmon and Manx sharmane.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃan̪ˠəˈmoːɾʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃanˠəmoːɾʲ/, /ˈʃan̪ˠəmoːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃanˠəmɔɾʲ/, /ˈʃan̪ˠəmɔɾʲ/

Noun

seanmóir f (genitive singular seanmóra, nominative plural seanmóirí)

1. sermon, homily

Declension

Declension of seanmóir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative seanmóir seanmóirí Vocative a sheanmóir a sheanmóirí Genitive seanmóra seanmóirí Dative seanmóir seanmóirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an seanmóir na seanmóirí Genitive an tseanmóra na seanmóirí Dative leis an seanmóir don seanmóir leis na seanmóirí

Derived terms

• seanmóireacht
• seanmóirí

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “seanmóir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sermóin, senmóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seanmóir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 629
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seanmóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN