seamhan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish semen, from Latin sēmen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃəunˠ/

Noun

seamhan m (genitive singular seamhain)

  1. semen

Declension
Declension of seamhan

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative seamhan
Vocative a sheamhain
Genitive seamhain
Dative seamhan

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an seamhan
Genitive an tseamhain
Dative leis an seamhan

don seamhan

Derived terms

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

Further reading
  • “sémen” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "seamhan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “seamhan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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