seamaí

Irish

Etymology

From English chamois, shammy, from Middle French chamois, from Latin camox.

Noun

seamaí m (genitive singular seamaí, nominative plural seamaithe)

  1. chamois (a short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra)
  2. chamois (chamois leather)
  3. chamois (an absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seamaí
radical lenition eclipsis
seamaí sheamaí
after an, tseamaí 		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

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