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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seamair seamra
Vocative a sheamair a sheamra
Genitive seimre seamar
Dative seamair seamra

Forms with the definite article

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

References
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