samhla
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Irish
[edit]Noun
[edit]samhla f
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
samhla | shamhla after an, tsamhla |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish samla (“likeness, similarity, that with which a thing may be compared”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]samhla m (genitive singular samhlaidh, plural samhlaidhean)
- resemblance, likeness
- sign, symbol
- simile
- allegory, parable
- apparition, (ghostly) doppelganger
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
samhla | shamhla after "an", t-samhla |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “samhla”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 samla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language