Séamas

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English James, from Middle English James, from Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iacomus, variant form of Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Iacób.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Séamas m (genitive Séamais)

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English James or Jacob
  2. (biblical) James (book of the Bible; either of the two apostles)

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: Seamus, Shamus

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 86, page 35