samhla
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Irish[edit]
Noun[edit]
samhla f
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
samhla | shamhla after an, tsamhla |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish samla (“likeness, similarity, that with which a thing may be compared”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
samhla m (genitive singular samhlaidh, plural samhlaidhean)
- resemblance, likeness
- sign, symbol
- simile
- allegory, parable
- apparition, (ghostly) doppelganger
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
samhla | shamhla after "an", t-samhla |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “samhla”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 samla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language