seomra

Irish

Alternative forms

seómra (dated)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃoːmˠɾˠə/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːmˠɾˠə/^[1]

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

Derived terms

aersheomra, seomra aeir (“air chamber”)
an seomra amuigh (“the outer room”)
an seomra cúil (“the back room”)
an seomra istigh (“the inner room”)
an seomra thuas (“the upper room; the room at the back of the kitchen fire-place”)
comrádaí seomra (“roommate”)
cúlseomra, seomra cúil (“back-room”)
fallaing sheomra (“dressing-gown”)
lán seomra (“roomful”)
pota seomra (“bedpan, chamber pot”)
púirín de sheomra (“poky room”)
seaicéad seomra (“dressing-jacket”)

seomra aerdhíonach (“airlock”)
seomra bagáiste (“baggage room”)
seomra ban (“boudoir”)
seomra bia (“dining room”)
seomra cathéide (“armoury”)
seomra ceantála (“auction-room”)
seomrach (“chambered, (many-)roomed”, adjective)
seomra codlata, seomra leapa (“bedroom”)
seomra comhairle (“consulting-room; council-chamber”)
seomra cótaí (“cloak-room”)
seomra dín (“attic”)
seomradóir (“chamberlain”)

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 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 taispeántais (“show-room”)
seomra tinnis (“sickroom”)
seomra tionóil (“assembly room”)

Mutation

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

References

↑ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 235.

Further reading

"seomra" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “seomra” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “seomra” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“seomra” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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