sámhas

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish sámas.[2] By surface analysis, sámh +‎ -as. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic samhas.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sámhas m (genitive singular sámhais)

  1. pleasure (especially bodily or sensual pleasure, including sexual enjoyment), delight

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sámhas shámhas
after an, tsámhas
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ sámhas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sámas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 294, page 104

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