Séamas

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English James, from Middle English James, from Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iacomus, variant form of Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Iacób.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Séamas m (genitive Séamais)

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English James or Jacob
  2. (biblical) James (book of the Bible; either of the two apostles)

Declension

Declension of Séamas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Séamas
vocative a Shéamais
genitive Séamais
dative Séamas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Séamas
genitive an tSéamais
dative leis an Séamas
don Séamas

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Seamus, Shamus

Mutation

Mutated forms of Séamas
radical lenition eclipsis
Séamas Shéamas
after an, tSéamas 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 86, page 35
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