seamaí

Irish

Etymology

From English chamois, shammy, from Middle French chamois, from Latin camox.

Noun

seamaí m (genitive singular seamaí, nominative plural seamaithe)

1. chamois

Mutation

Mutated forms of seamaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seamaí	sheamaí after an, tseamaí	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) “seamaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seamaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seamaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025