seanmóir

seanmóir

Irish

Alternative forms

• seanamóir, seanmóin, seanmoir, searmóin

Etymology

From Middle Irish sermóin, from Latin sermō, with metathesis of r and n. Compare Scottish Gaelic searmon and Manx sharmane.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃan̪ˠəˈmoːɾʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃanˠəmoːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃanˠəmɔɾʲ/

Noun

seanmóir f (genitive singular seanmóra, nominative plural seanmóirí)

1. sermon, homily

Declension

Declension of seanmóir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative seanmóir seanmóirí Vocative a sheanmóir a sheanmóirí Genitive seanmóra seanmóirí Dative seanmóir seanmóirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an seanmóir na seanmóirí Genitive an tseanmóra na seanmóirí Dative leis an seanmóir don seanmóir leis na seanmóirí

Derived terms

• seanmóireacht
• seanmóirí

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “seanmóir” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sermóin, senmóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “seanmóir” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 629.
• "seanmóir" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.