sámhas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish sámas.[2] By surface analysis, sámh +‎ -as. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic samhas.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠoːmˠəsˠ/[3] (as if spelled sómas)

Noun

sámhas m (genitive singular sámhais)

  1. pleasure (especially bodily or sensual pleasure, including sexual enjoyment), delight

Declension

Declension of sámhas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative sámhas
vocative a sámhais
genitive sámhais
dative sámhas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an sámhas
genitive an sámhais
dative leis an sámhas
don sámhas

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of sámhas
radical lenition eclipsis
sámhas shámhas
after an, tsámhas 		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

  1. ^ “sámhas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sámas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 294, page 104

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