seamair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish semar, semair (“clover, shamrock”).

Noun

seamair f (genitive singular seimre, nominative plural seamra)

  1. clover

Declension

Declension of seamair (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seamair seamra
vocative a sheamair a sheamra
genitive seimre seamar
dative seamair seamra
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tseamair na seamra
genitive na seimre na seamar
dative leis an tseamair
don tseamair 		leis na seamra

Derived terms

  • seamair bhán f (“white clover”)
  • seamair choille f (“wood-sorrel”)
  • seamair chré f (“speedwell”)
  • seamair dhearg f, seamair chapaill f (“red clover”)
  • seamair mhilis f (“sweet clover”)
  • seamair Mhuire f (“four-leaved shamrock”)
  • seamróg f (“shamrock”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seamair
radical lenition eclipsis
seamair sheamair
after an, tseamair 		not applicable

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

References

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