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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seaimpín seaimpíní
Vocative a sheaimpín a sheaimpíní
Genitive seaimpín seaimpíní
Dative seaimpín seaimpíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an seaimpín na seaimpíní
Genitive an tseaimpín na seaimpíní
Dative leis an seaimpín

don seaimpín

 leis na seaimpíní

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seaimpín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “champion”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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