seamhan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish semen, from Latin sēmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃəunˠ/

Noun

seamhan m (genitive singular seamhain)

1. semen

Declension

Declension of seamhan (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative seamhan vocative a sheamhain genitive seamhain dative seamhan forms with the definite article case singular nominative an seamhan genitive an tseamhain dative leis an seamhan don seamhan

Derived terms

• seamhanmhar (“seminiferous”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seamhan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seamhan	sheamhan after an, tseamhan	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sémen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seamhan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “seamhan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024