English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Seumas.

Proper noun

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Seumas

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

Anagrams

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Irish

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Proper noun

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Seumas m (genitive Sheumais)

  1. Superseded spelling of Séamas.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of Seumas
radical lenition eclipsis
Seumas Sheumas
after an, tSeumas
not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English James. Compare Irish Séamas.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

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

Declension

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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 Sheumais Sheumasa

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: Hamish

Mutation

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Mutation of Seumas
radical lenition
Seumas Sheumas
after "an", t-Seumas

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