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Irish
Etymology
From Sámi (+ -is (“-ish, -ese”)), from one of the Sami languages.
Proper noun
Sáimis f (genitive Sáimise)
- Sami, Lapp, Lappish (language)
- Synonym: Laplainnis
Declension
- An Laplainn f (“Lapland, Saamiland, Samiland, Sápmi”)
- Laplannach, Sámach (“Sami, Lapp, Lappish”, adjective)
- Laplannach m, Sámach m (“Sami, Lapp, Lapplander”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| Sáimis
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Sháimis
after an, tSáimis
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “Sami”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024