seomra

Irish

Alternative forms

seamra (Ulster)
seómra (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French chambre,^[1] from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃõːmˠəɾˠə/, /ˈʃɑ̃ũːmˠəɾˠə/^[2]
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːmˠɾˠə/^[3]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃamˠɾˠə/ (corresponding to the form seamra)

Noun

seomra m (genitive singular seomra, nominative plural seomraí)

room, chamber

Declension

Declension of seomra (fourth declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	seomra	seomraí
vocative	a sheomra	a sheomraí
genitive	seomra	seomraí
dative	seomra	seomraí

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an seomra	na seomraí
genitive	an tseomra	na seomraí
dative	leis an seomra don seomra	leis na seomraí

Derived terms

aersheomra (“air chamber”)
comrádaí seomra (“roommate”)
cúlseomra (“back-room”)
fallaing sheomra (“dressing-gown”)
lán seomra (“roomful”)
pota seomra (“bedpan, chamber pot”)
proinnseomra (“dining room”)
púirín de sheomra (“poky room”)
seaicéad seomra (“dressing-jacket”)
seomra aeir (“air chamber”)
seomra aerdhíonach (“airlock”)
seomra amuigh (“outer room”)
seomra bagáiste (“baggage room”)
seomra ban (“boudoir”)
seomra bia (“dining room”)
seomra cathéide (“armoury”)
seomra ceantála (“auction-room”)
seomra codlata (“bedroom”)
seomra comhairle (“consulting-room”)
seomra cótaí (“cloak-room”)
seomra cúil (“back room”)
seomra dín (“attic”)
seomra dorcha (“dark-room”)
seomra ealaíne (“art room”)
seomra fáiltithe (“reception room”)
seomra fearas (“property-room”)
seomra feithimh (“waiting-room”)
seomra folctha (“bathroom”)
seomra garda (“guardroom”)
seomra gléasta (“dressing-room”)
seomra grinnithe (“monitor room”)
seomra gríosctha (“grill-room”)
seomra hipearbarach (“hyperbaric chamber”)
seomra istigh (“inner room”)
seomra leapa (“bedroom”)
seomra léitheoireachta (“reading-room”)
seomra obráide (“operating-room”)
seomra scíthe (“ rest-room”)
seomra scoile (“schoolroom”)
seomra singil (“single room”)
seomra staidéir (“study”)
seomra súgartha (“playroom”)
seomra suí (“living room, sitting room”)
seomra sute (“living room, sitting room”)
seomra taispeántais (“show-room”)
seomra thuas (“upper room”)
seomra tinnis (“sickroom”)
seomra tionóil (“assembly room”)
seomrach (“chambered”, adjective)
seomradóir (“chamberlain”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *seomra*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
seomra	sheomra after an, tseomra	not applicable

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “seomra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 175, page 89
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 235