Seumas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Seumas.

Proper noun

Seumas

  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English James.

Anagrams

Irish

Proper noun

Seumas m (genitive Sheumais)

  1. superseded spelling of Séamas

Mutation

Mutated forms of Seumas
radical lenition eclipsis
Seumas Sheumas
after an, tSeumas 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English James. Compare Irish Séamas and Manx Jamys.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃeːməs̪/
  • Hyphenation: Seu‧mas

Proper noun

Seumas m (genitive Sheumais, vocative a Sheumais, diminutive Seumaidh)

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English James
  2. (biblical) James

Declension

Declension of Seumas (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative Seumas Seumais
genitive Seumais Sheumas
dative Seumas Seumais; Seumasaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) Seumas (na) Seumais
genitive (an) t-Seumais (nan) Seumas
dative (an) t-Seumas (na) Seumais; Seumasaibh✝
vocative Sheumais Sheumasa

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Hamish

Mutation

Mutation of Seumas
radical lenition
Seumas Sheumas
after "an", t-Seumas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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