[go: up one dir, main page]
Wiktionary

seanmóir

Irish

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From Middle Irish sermóin, from Latin sermō, with metathesis of r and n. Compare Scottish Gaelic searmon and Manx sharmane.

Pronunciation

edit
  This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.

Noun

edit

seanmóir f (genitive singular seanmóra, nominative plural seanmóirí)

  1. sermon, homily

Declension

edit
Declension of seanmóir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative seanmóir seanmóirí
vocative a sheanmóir a sheanmóirí
genitive seanmóra seanmóirí
dative seanmóir seanmóirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an seanmóir na seanmóirí
genitive an tseanmóra na seanmóirí
dative leis an seanmóir
don seanmóir 		leis na seanmóirí

Derived terms

edit

Mutation

edit
Mutated forms of seanmóir
radical lenition eclipsis
seanmóir sheanmóir
after an, tseanmóir 		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

edit
  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

Further reading

edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=seanmóir&oldid=79320576"