samhradh

See also: Samhradh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish samrad, from a compound of Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”) (compare Welsh haf), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó- (compare Old English sumor, Old Armenian ամառն (amaṙn)).

Pronunciation

Noun

samhradh m (genitive singular samhraidh, nominative plural samhraí)

  1. summer
  2. summer garland

Declension

Declension of samhradh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative samhradh samhraí
vocative a shamhraidh a shamhraí
genitive samhraidh samhraí
dative samhradh samhraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an samhradh na samhraí
genitive an tsamhraidh na samhraí
dative leis an samhradh
don samhradh 		leis na samhraí

Derived terms

  • bó shamhraidh (“ladybird”)
  • calar samhraidh (“summer cholera, cholerine”)
  • crotach samhraidh (“whimbrel”)
  • Meitheamh an tSamhraidh (“midsummer”)
  • priompallán samhraidh (“may-beetle, may-bug”)
  • samhradh beag (“Indian summer, warm autumn”, literally “little summer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of samhradh
radical lenition eclipsis
samhradh shamhradh
after an, tsamhradh 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

Seasons in Irish · séasúir (layout · text) · category
earrach (“spring”) samhradh (“summer”) fómhar (“autumn”) geimhreadh (“winter”)

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish samrad.

Pronunciation

Noun

samhradh m (genitive singular samhraidh, plural samhraidhean)

  1. summer
    as t-samhradh ― in summer
    samhradh breac ― a summer with regular rain
    Bha mi ann an Uibhist an samhradh mu dheireadh.
    I was in Uist last summer.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of samhradh
radical lenition
samhradh shamhradh
after "an", t-samhradh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 144, page 57
  3. ^ Jenny Ladefoged, Peter Ladefoged, Alice Turk, Kevin Hind (5 February 1996) “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive‎[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics
  4. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, page 15
  6. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  7. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  8. ^ Scouller, Alastair (2017) The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay (PhD thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 100
  9. ^ Seumas Grannd (2000) The Gaelic of Islay: A Comparative Study‎[2], Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, editor (1994), Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
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