seaimpín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English champion.

Noun

seaimpín m (genitive singular seaimpín, nominative plural seaimpíní)

  1. (sports) champion
    Synonym: curadh
  2. champion (variety of potato)

Declension

Declension of seaimpín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seaimpín seaimpíní
vocative a sheaimpín a sheaimpíní
genitive seaimpín seaimpíní
dative seaimpín seaimpíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an seaimpín na seaimpíní
genitive an tseaimpín na seaimpíní
dative leis an seaimpín
don seaimpín 		leis na seaimpíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of seaimpín
radical lenition eclipsis
seaimpín sheaimpín
after an, tseaimpín 		not applicable

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seaimpín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “champion”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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