Seimíteach

Irish

Etymology

From French sémite +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Seimíteach (genitive singular masculine Seimítigh, genitive singular feminine Seimítí, plural Seimíteacha, not comparable)

1. Semitic
2. (nominalized) Semite

Declension

Declension of Seimíteach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	Seimíteach	Sheimíteach	Seimíteacha; Sheimíteacha2
vocative	Sheimítigh		Seimíteacha
genitive		Seimítí	Seimíteacha	Seimíteach
dative	Seimíteach; Sheimíteach1	Sheimíteach; Sheimítigh (archaic)	Seimíteacha; Sheimíteacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• frith-Sheimíteachas

Mutation

Mutated forms of Seimíteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Seimíteach	Sheimíteach after an, tSeimíteach	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Seimíteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN