Seumas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Seumas.

Proper noun

Seumas

  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English James.

Irish

Proper noun

Seumas m (genitive Sheumais)

  1. Superseded spelling of Séamas.

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English James. Compare Irish Séamas.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃeːməs̪/
  • Hyphenation: Seu‧mas

Proper noun

Seumas m (genitive Sheumais, vocative a Sheumais, diminutive Seumaidh)

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English James
  2. (biblical) James

Declension
Declension of Seumas (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative Seumas Seumais
Genitive Seumais Sheumas
Dative Seumas Seumais; Seumasaibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) Seumas (na) Seumais
Genitive (an) t-Seumais (nan) Seumas
Dative (an) t-Seumas (na) Seumais; Seumasaibh*
Vocative (a) Sheumais (a) Sheumasa

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: Hamish

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
SeumasSheumas
after "an", t-Seumas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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