samhla

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Irish

Noun

samhla f

  1. genitive singular of samhail (“likeness, image; model, mock-up; effigy; simile”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of samhla
radical lenition eclipsis
samhla shamhla
after an, tsamhla 		not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish samla (“likeness, similarity, that with which a thing may be compared”).

Pronunciation

Noun

samhla m (genitive singular samhlaidh, plural samhlaidhean)

  1. resemblance, likeness
  2. sign, symbol
  3. simile
  4. allegory, parable
  5. apparition, (ghostly) doppelganger

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of samhla
radical lenition
samhla shamhla
after "an", t-samhla

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “samhla”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 samla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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