seamróg

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish semróc, from semar + -óc. By surface analysis, seamair (“clover”) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

seamróg f (genitive singular seamróige, nominative plural seamróga)

  1. shamrock

Declension

Declension of seamróg (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative seamróg seamróga
vocative a sheamróg a sheamróga
genitive seamróige seamróg
dative seamróg
seamróig (archaic, dialectal) 		seamróga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tseamróg na seamróga
genitive na seamróige na seamróg
dative leis an tseamróg
leis an tseamróig (archaic, dialectal)
don tseamróg
don tseamróig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na seamróga

Descendants

  • → English: shamrock
  • → Fingallian: shamroge

Mutation

Mutated forms of seamróg
radical lenition eclipsis
seamróg sheamróg
after an, tseamróg 		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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