seamróg

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish semróc, from semar + -óc. By surface analysis, seamair (“clover”) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃamˠəˈɾˠoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃamˠɾˠoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃamˠɾˠaɡ/

Noun

seamróg f (genitive singular seamróige, nominative plural seamróga)

1. shamrock

Declension

Declension of seamróg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative seamróg seamróga vocative a sheamróg a sheamróga genitive seamróige seamróg dative seamróg seamróig (archaic, dialectal) seamróga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tseamróg na seamróga genitive na seamróige na seamróg dative leis an tseamróg leis an tseamróig (archaic, dialectal) don tseamróg don tseamróig (archaic, dialectal) leis na seamróga

Descendants

• → English: shamrock
• → Fingallian: shamroge

Mutation

Mutated forms of seamróg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seamróg	sheamróg after an, tseamróg	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) “seamróg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “semróg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language