samhnas

See also: samhnás and sámhnas

Irish

Alternative forms

• samhlas, samhlás, samhnás

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠãunˠəsˠ/, /ˈsˠãun̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

samhnas m (genitive singular samhnais)

1. nausea; disgust

Declension

Declension of samhnas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative samhnas vocative a shamhnais genitive samhnais dative samhnas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an samhnas genitive an tsamhnais dative leis an samhnas don samhnas

Derived terms

• samhnasach (“nauseating”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of samhnas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
samhnas	shamhnas after an, tsamhnas	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) “samhnas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57