siamsa

Irish

Alternative forms

  • síomsa

Etymology

Perhaps from a variant form of siansa (“melody”).

Pronunciation

Noun

siamsa m (genitive singular siamsa, nominative plural siamsaí)

  1. entertainment
  2. amusement, diversion

Declension

Declension of siamsa (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative siamsa siamsaí
vocative a shiamsa a shiamsaí
genitive siamsa siamsaí
dative siamsa siamsaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an siamsa na siamsaí
genitive an tsiamsa na siamsaí
dative leis an siamsa
don siamsa 		leis na siamsaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of siamsa
radical lenition eclipsis
siamsa shiamsa
after an, tsiamsa 		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. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

Further reading

  • “siamsa”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “siamsa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 638
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “siamsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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