samhail

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish samail (“likeness, similarity; description; simile, metaphor”).

Noun

samhail f (genitive singular samhla, nominative plural samhlacha)

1. likeness, image
2. model, mock-up
3. effigy
4. simile

Declension

Declension of samhail

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative samhail samhlacha Vocative a shamhail a shamhlacha Genitive samhla samhlacha Dative samhail samhlacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsamhail na samhlacha Genitive na samhla na samhlacha Dative leis an tsamhail don tsamhail leis na samhlacha

Derived terms

• fótashamhail (“photofit”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “samhail”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “samhail”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “samhail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 samail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language