seinm

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish seinm.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

seinm f (genitive singular as substantive seanma, genitive as verbal noun seinnte)

  1. verbal noun of seinn
  2. playing (of musical instrument)
  3. warbling, chattering, chatter

Declension

As verbal noun:

Declension of seinm (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative seinm
vocative a seinm
genitive seinnte
dative seinm
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an seinm
genitive na seinnte
dative leis an seinm
don seinm

As substantive:

Declension of seinm (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative seinm
vocative a seinm
genitive seanma
dative seinm
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an seinm
genitive na seanma
dative leis an seinm
don seinm

Mutation

Mutated forms of seinm
radical lenition eclipsis
seinm sheinm
after an, tseinm 		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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “seinm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 111, page 44

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