seanmóir
Irish
Alternative forms
- seanamóir, seanmóin, seanmoir, searmóin
Etymology
From Middle Irish sermóin, from Latin sermō, with metathesis of r and n. Compare Scottish Gaelic searmon and Manx sharmane.
Pronunciation
Declension
Declension of seanmóir
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- seanmóireacht
- seanmóirí
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seanmóir | sheanmóir after an, tseanmóir |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “seanmóir” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sermóin, senmóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “seanmóir” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 629.
- "seanmóir" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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