seanmóir
Irish
Alternative forms
- seanamóir, seanmóin, seanmoir, searmóin
Etymology
From Middle Irish sermóin, from Latin sermō, with metathesis of r and n. Compare Scottish Gaelic searmon and Manx sharmane.
Pronunciation
Declension
Declension of seanmóir
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- seanmóireacht
- seanmóirí
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seanmóir | sheanmóir after an, tseanmóir |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8
Further reading
- “seanmóir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sermóin, senmóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seanmóir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 629
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seanmóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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