sásamh

Irish

Replacement in -amh of sásadh^[1] (with which it is homophonous in some dialects), from Old Irish sásad.^[2]

sásamh m (genitive singular as substantive sásaimh, genitive as verbal noun sásta, nominative plural)

As substantive:

Declension of sásamh (first declension, no plural)

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an sásamh
genitive	an tsásaimh
dative	leis an sásamh don sásamh

As verbal noun:

Declension of sásamh (third declension, no plural)

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an sásamh
genitive	an tsásta
dative	leis an sásamh don sásamh

Mutated forms of *sásamh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
sásamh	shásamh after an, tsásamh	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sásam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sásad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Dillon, Myles; Donncha Ó Cróinín (1961), Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, England: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 237
^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 220
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977), Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], 546 (a), page 292
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 206