seamhan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish semen, from Latin sēmen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃəunˠ/

Noun

seamhan m (genitive singular seamhain)

semen

Declension

Declension of seamhan

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	seamhan
Vocative	a sheamhain
Genitive	seamhain
Dative	seamhan

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an seamhan
Genitive	an tseamhain
Dative	leis an seamhan don seamhan

Derived terms

seamhanmhar (“seminiferous”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sémen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seamhan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “seamhan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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