seomra

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French chambre,[1] from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈʃõːmˠəɾˠə/, /ˈʃɑ̃ũːmˠəɾˠə/[2]
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈʃuːmˠɾˠə/[3]

Noun

seomra m (genitive singular seomra, nominative plural seomraí)

  1. room, chamber

Declension

Derived terms

  • aersheomra (“air chamber”)
  • comrádaí seomra (“roommate”)
  • cúlseomra (“back-room”)
  • fallaing sheomra (“dressing-gown”)
  • lán seomra (“roomful”)
  • pota seomra (“bedpan, chamber pot”)
  • proinnseomra (“dining room”)
  • púirín de sheomra (“poky room”)
  • seaicéad seomra (“dressing-jacket”)
  • seomra aeir (“air chamber”)
  • seomra aerdhíonach (“airlock”)
  • seomra amuigh (“outer room”)
  • seomra bagáiste (“baggage room”)
  • seomra ban (“boudoir”)
  • seomra bia (“dining room”)
  • seomra cathéide (“armoury”)
  • seomra ceantála (“auction-room”)
  • seomra codlata (“bedroom”)
  • seomra comhairle (“consulting-room”)
  • seomra cótaí (“cloak-room”)
  • seomra cúil (“back room”)
  • seomra dín (“attic”)
  • seomra dorcha (“dark-room”)
  • seomra ealaíne (“art room”)
  • seomra fáiltithe (“reception room”)
  • seomra fearas (“property-room”)
  • seomra feithimh (“waiting-room”)
  • seomra folctha (“bathroom”)
  • seomra garda (“guardroom”)
  • seomra gléasta (“dressing-room”)
  • seomra grinnithe (“monitor room”)
  • seomra gríosctha (“grill-room”)
  • seomra hipearbarach (“hyperbaric chamber”)
  • seomra istigh (“inner room”)
  • seomra leapa (“bedroom”)
  • seomra léitheoireachta (“reading-room”)
  • seomra obráide (“operating-room”)
  • seomra scíthe (“ rest-room”)
  • seomra scoile (“schoolroom”)
  • seomra singil (“single room”)
  • seomra staidéir (“study”)
  • seomra súgartha (“playroom”)
  • seomra suí (“living room, sitting room”)
  • seomra sute (“living room, sitting room”)
  • seomra taispeántais (“show-room”)
  • seomra thuas (“upper room”)
  • seomra tinnis (“sickroom”)
  • seomra tionóil (“assembly room”)
  • seomrach (“chambered”, adjective)
  • seomradóir (“chamberlain”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seomra sheomra
after an, tseomra
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “seomra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 89
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 235

Further reading

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