Sámach

Irish

Etymology

From Sámi (+ -ach), from one of the Sami languages.

Adjective

Sámach (genitive singular masculine Sámaigh, genitive singular feminine Sámaí, plural Sámacha, not comparable)

1. Sami, Lapp, Lappish

   Synonym: Laplannach

Declension

Declension of Sámach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Sámach	Shámach	Sámacha; Shámacha²
Vocative	Shámaigh		Sámacha
Genitive		Sámaí	Sámacha	Sámach
Dative	Sámach; Shámach¹	Shámach; Shámaigh (archaic)	Sámacha; Shámacha²
Comparative	níos Sámaí
Superlative	is Sámaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• An Laplainn f (“Lapland, Saamiland, Samiland, Sápmi”)
• Laplainnis f, Sáimis f (“Sami, Lapp, Lappish”) (language)

 

Noun

Sámach m (genitive singular Sámaigh, nominative plural Sámaigh)

1. Sami, Lapp, Laplander

   Synonym: Laplannach

Declension

Declension of Sámach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Sámach Sámaigh Vocative a Shámaigh a Shámacha Genitive Sámaigh Sámach Dative Sámach Sámaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Sámach na Sámaigh Genitive an tSámaigh na Sámach Dative leis an Sámach don Sámach leis na Sámaigh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “Sámach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024