seamróg

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish semróc, from semar + -óc. By surface analysis, seamair (“clover”) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃamˠəˈɾˠoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃamˠɾˠoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃamˠɾˠaɡ/

Noun

seamróg f (genitive singular seamróige, nominative plural seamróga)

1. shamrock

Declension

Declension of seamróg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seamróg seamróga Vocative a sheamróg a sheamróga Genitive seamróige seamróg Dative seamróg seamróig (archaic, dialectal) seamróga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tseamróg na seamróga Genitive na seamróige na seamróg Dative leis an tseamróg leis an tseamróig (archaic, dialectal) don tseamróg don tseamróig (archaic, dialectal) leis na seamróga

Descendants

• → English: shamrock
• → Fingallian: shamroge

Mutation

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

Further reading

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