súmaire

Irish

Alternative forms

súghmaire, súghaire

Etymology

From súigh (“to suck”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsˠuːmˠəɾʲə/

Noun

súmaire m (genitive singular súmaire, nominative plural súmairí)

sucker (someone or something that sucks)
bloodsucker, vampire
Synonyms: súmaire fola, vaimpír
parasite, leech (useless person who gives nothing back)
leech (annelid); (specifically) horse-leech (Haemopis sanguisuga)
(geology) sinkhole, sump (hollow or pit)
Synonyms: poll slogaide, poll súraic
whirlpool (swirling body of water)
slow, dilatory, listless person

Declension

Declension of súmaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	súmaire	súmairí
Vocative	a shúmaire	a shúmairí
Genitive	súmaire	súmairí
Dative	súmaire	súmairí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an súmaire	na súmairí
Genitive	an tsúmaire	na súmairí
Dative	leis an súmaire don súmaire	leis na súmairí

Derived terms

súmaireacht
súmaire dí (“imbiber, tippler, wine bibber”)
súmaire gainimh (“quicksand”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

“súmaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “súgmaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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