simeatár

Irish

Etymology

From English scimitar, from Middle French cimeterre, from Italian scimitarra, from Persian شمشیر (šamšir, “sword”), from Middle Persian šmšyl (šamšēr) / špšyl (šafšēr, “sword”).

Noun

simeatár m (genitive singular simeatáir, nominative plural simeatáir)

1. scimitar

Declension

Declension of simeatár

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative simeatár simeatáir Vocative a shimeatáir a shimeatára Genitive simeatáir simeatár Dative simeatár simeatáir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an simeatár na simeatáir Genitive an tsimeatáir na simeatár Dative leis an simeatár don simeatár leis na simeatáir

Mutation

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