súmaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• súghmaire, súghaire

Etymology

From súigh (“to suck”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠuːmˠəɾʲə/

Noun

súmaire m (genitive singular súmaire, nominative plural súmairí)

1. sucker (someone or something that sucks)
2. bloodsucker, vampire

   Synonyms: súmaire fola, vaimpír

3. parasite, leech (useless person who gives nothing back)
4. leech (annelid); (specifically) horse-leech (Haemopis sanguisuga)
5. (geology) sinkhole, sump (hollow or pit)

   Synonyms: poll slogaide, poll súraic

6. whirlpool (swirling body of water)
7. slow, dilatory, listless person

Declension

Declension of súmaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative súmaire súmairí Vocative a shúmaire a shúmairí Genitive súmaire súmairí Dative súmaire súmairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an súmaire na súmairí Genitive an tsúmaire na súmairí Dative leis an súmaire don súmaire leis na súmairí

Derived terms

• súmaireacht
• súmaire dí (“imbiber, tippler, wine bibber”)
• súmaire gainimh (“quicksand”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “súmaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súgmaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language