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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From seanmóir (“sermon”) + -í.
Noun
seanmóirí m (genitive singular seanmóirí, nominative plural seanmóirithe)
- preacher
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
seanmóirí
- plural of seanmóir
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| seanmóirí
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sheanmóirí
after an, tseanmóirí
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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
- “seanmóirí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sermóntaid, senmóntaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seanmóirí”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 629
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seanmóirí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN