Sámach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sámi (+ -ach), from one of the Sami languages.
Adjective
[edit]Sámach (genitive singular masculine Sámaigh, genitive singular feminine Sámaí, plural Sámacha, not comparable)
- Sami, Lapp, Lappish
- Synonym: Laplannach
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sámach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
[edit]- An Laplainn f (“Lapland, Saamiland, Samiland, Sápmi”)
- Laplainnis f, Sáimis f (“Sami, Lapp, Lappish”) (language)
Noun
[edit]Sámach m (genitive singular Sámaigh, nominative plural Sámaigh)
- Sami, Lapp, Laplander
- Synonym: Laplannach
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sámach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]- “Sámach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024