súmaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• súghmaire, súghaire

Etymology

From súigh (“to suck”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠuːmˠəɾʲə/

Noun

súmaire m (genitive singular súmaire, nominative plural súmairí)

1. sucker (someone or something that sucks)
2. bloodsucker, vampire

   Synonyms: súmaire fola, vaimpír

3. parasite, leech (useless person who gives nothing back)
4. leech (annelid); (specifically) horse-leech (Haemopis sanguisuga)
5. (geology) sinkhole, sump (hollow or pit)

   Synonyms: poll slogaide, poll súraic

6. whirlpool (swirling body of water)
7. slow, dilatory, listless person

Declension

Declension of súmaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative súmaire súmairí vocative a shúmaire a shúmairí genitive súmaire súmairí dative súmaire súmairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an súmaire na súmairí genitive an tsúmaire na súmairí dative leis an súmaire don súmaire leis na súmairí

Derived terms

• súmaireacht
• súmaire dí (“imbiber, tippler, wine bibber”)
• súmaire gainimh (“quicksand”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of súmaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
súmaire	shúmaire after an, tsúmaire	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

• “súmaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súgmaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language