seomra

Irish

Alternative forms

• seamra (Ulster)
• seómra (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃõːmˠəɾˠə/, /ˈʃɑ̃ũːmˠəɾˠə/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːmˠɾˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃamˠɾˠə/ (corresponding to the form seamra)

Noun

seomra m (genitive singular seomra, nominative plural seomraí)

1. room, chamber

Declension

Declension of seomra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seomra seomraí Vocative a sheomra a sheomraí Genitive seomra seomraí Dative seomra seomraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an seomra na seomraí Genitive an tseomra na seomraí Dative leis an seomra don seomra leis na seomraí

Derived terms

• aersheomra (“air chamber”)
• comrádaí seomra (“roommate”)
• cúlseomra (“back-room”)
• fallaing sheomra (“dressing-gown”)
• lán seomra (“roomful”)
• pota seomra (“bedpan, chamber pot”)
• proinnseomra (“dining room”)
• púirín de sheomra (“poky room”)
• seaicéad seomra (“dressing-jacket”)
• seomra aeir (“air chamber”)
• seomra aerdhíonach (“airlock”)
• seomra amuigh (“outer room”)
• seomra bagáiste (“baggage room”)
• seomra ban (“boudoir”)
• seomra bia (“dining room”)
• seomra cathéide (“armoury”)
• seomra ceantála (“auction-room”)
• seomra codlata (“bedroom”)
• seomra comhairle (“consulting-room”)
• seomra cótaí (“cloak-room”)
• seomra cúil (“back room”)
• seomra dín (“attic”)
• seomra dorcha (“dark-room”)
• seomra ealaíne (“art room”)
• seomra fáiltithe (“reception room”)
• seomra fearas (“property-room”)
• seomra feithimh (“waiting-room”)
• seomra folctha (“bathroom”)
• seomra garda (“guardroom”)
• seomra gléasta (“dressing-room”)
• seomra grinnithe (“monitor room”)
• seomra gríosctha (“grill-room”)
• seomra hipearbarach (“hyperbaric chamber”)
• seomra istigh (“inner room”)
• seomra leapa (“bedroom”)
• seomra léitheoireachta (“reading-room”)
• seomra obráide (“operating-room”)
• seomra scíthe (“ rest-room”)
• seomra scoile (“schoolroom”)
• seomra singil (“single room”)
• seomra staidéir (“study”)
• seomra súgartha (“playroom”)
• seomra suí (“living room, sitting room”)
• seomra sute (“living room, sitting room”)
• seomra taispeántais (“show-room”)
• seomra thuas (“upper room”)
• seomra tinnis (“sickroom”)
• seomra tionóil (“assembly room”)
• seomrach (“chambered”, adjective)
• seomradóir (“chamberlain”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seomra	sheomra after an, tseomra	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) “seomra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seomra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seomra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024