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samhail

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish samail (likeness, similarity; description; simile, metaphor).

Noun

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samhail f (genitive singular samhla, nominative plural samhlacha)

  1. likeness, image
  2. model, mock-up
  3. effigy
  4. simile

Declension

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Declension of samhail (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative samhail samhlacha
vocative a shamhail a shamhlacha
genitive samhla samhlacha
dative samhail samhlacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tsamhail na samhlacha
genitive na samhla na samhlacha
dative leis an tsamhail
don tsamhail
leis na samhlacha

Derived terms

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Verb

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samhail (present analytic samhlaíonn, future analytic samhlóidh, verbal noun samhailt, past participle samhlaithe)

  1. Alternative form of samhlaigh

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of samhail
radical lenition eclipsis
samhail shamhail
after an, tsamhail
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

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