sámhas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish sámas.[2] By surface analysis, sámh +‎ -as. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic samhas.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠoːmˠəsˠ/[3] (as if spelled sómas)

Noun

sámhas m (genitive singular sámhais)

  1. pleasure (especially bodily or sensual pleasure, including sexual enjoyment), delight

Declension
Declension of sámhas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative sámhas
Vocative a sámhais
Genitive sámhais
Dative sámhas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an sámhas
Genitive an sámhais
Dative leis an sámhas

don sámhas

Derived terms

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

References
  1. “sámhas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sámas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 294, page 104

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.