seám

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Irish

Etymology

From English shawm, from Old French chalemel, from Latin calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).

Pronunciation

Noun

seám m (genitive singular seáma, nominative plural seámanna)

  1. (music) shawm

Declension

Declension of seám (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative seám seámanna
vocative a sheám a sheámanna
genitive seáma seámanna
dative seám seámanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an seám na seámanna
genitive an tseáma na seámanna
dative leis an seám
don seám 		leis na seámanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of seám
radical lenition eclipsis
seám sheám
after an, tseám 		not applicable

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

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