seamróg

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish semróc, from semar + -óc; synchronically, seamair (“clover”) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃamˠəˈɾˠoːɡ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʃamˠɾˠoːɡ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃamˠɾˠaɡ/

Noun

seamróg f (genitive singular seamróige, nominative plural seamróga)

  1. shamrock

Declension
Declension of seamróg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seamróg seamróga
Vocative a sheamróg a sheamróga
Genitive seamróige seamróg
Dative seamróg
seamróig (archaic, dialectal)		 seamróga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tseamróg na seamróga
Genitive na seamróige na seamróg
Dative leis an tseamróg
leis an tseamróig (archaic, dialectal)

don tseamróg
don tseamróig (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na seamróga

Descendants

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

Further reading
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