seomra

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French chambre,[1] from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, vaulted chamber).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈʃõːmˠəɾˠə/, /ˈʃɑ̃ũːmˠəɾˠə/[2]
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈʃuːmˠɾˠə/[3]

Noun

seomra m (genitive singular seomra, nominative plural seomraí)

  1. room, chamber

Declension

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.

References

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “seomra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 89
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 235

Further reading

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