seaimpéin

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English champagne, from French champagne.

Noun

seaimpéin f (genitive singular seaimpéine, nominative plural seaimpéiní)

1. champagne

Declension

Declension of seaimpéin (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative seaimpéin seaimpéiní vocative a sheaimpéin a sheaimpéiní genitive seaimpéine seaimpéiní dative seaimpéin seaimpéiní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tseaimpéin na seaimpéiní genitive na seaimpéine na seaimpéiní dative leis an tseaimpéin don tseaimpéin leis na seaimpéiní

Mutation

Mutated forms of seaimpéin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seaimpéin	sheaimpéin after an, tseaimpéin	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) “seaimpéin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seaimpéin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seaimpéin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024