samhla

Irish

Noun

samhla f

  1. genitive singular of samhail (“likeness, image; model, mock-up; effigy; simile”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
samhla shamhla
after an, tsamhla		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish samla (“likeness, similarity, that with which a thing may be compared”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sãũl̪ˠə/

Noun

samhla m (genitive singular samhlaidh, plural samhlaidhean)

  1. resemblance, likeness
  2. sign, symbol
  3. simile
  4. allegory, parable
  5. apparition, (ghostly) doppelganger

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
samhlashamhla
after "an", t-samhla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “samhla”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 samla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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