siamsa

Irish

Alternative forms
  • síomsa

Etymology

Perhaps from a variant form of siansa (“melody”).

Pronunciation

Noun

siamsa m (genitive singular siamsa, nominative plural siamsaí)

  1. entertainment
  2. amusement, diversion

Declension
Declension of siamsa

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative siamsa siamsaí
Vocative a shiamsa a shiamsaí
Genitive siamsa siamsaí
Dative siamsa siamsaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an siamsa na siamsaí
Genitive an tsiamsa na siamsaí
Dative leis an siamsa

don siamsa

 leis na siamsaí

Derived terms

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

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

Further reading
  • “siamsa”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “siamsa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 638
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “siamsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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