simeatár

Irish

Etymology

From English scimitar, from Middle French cimeterre, from Italian scimitarra, from Persian شمشیر (šamšir, “sword”), from Middle Persian šmšyl (šamšēr) / špšyl (šafšēr, “sword”).

Noun

simeatár m (genitive singular simeatáir, nominative plural simeatáir)

1. scimitar

Declension

Declension of simeatár (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative simeatár simeatáir vocative a shimeatáir a shimeatára genitive simeatáir simeatár dative simeatár simeatáir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an simeatár na simeatáir genitive an tsimeatáir na simeatár dative leis an simeatár don simeatár leis na simeatáir

Mutation

Mutated forms of simeatár

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