súmaire
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom súigh (“to suck”) + -aire.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsúmaire m (genitive singular súmaire, nominative plural súmairí)
- sucker (someone or something that sucks)
- bloodsucker, vampire
- parasite, leech (useless person who gives nothing back)
- leech (annelid); (specifically) horse-leech (Haemopis sanguisuga)
- (geology) sinkhole, sump (hollow or pit)
- Synonyms: poll slogaide, poll súraic
- whirlpool (swirling body of water)
- slow, dilatory, listless person
Declension
editDeclension of súmaire
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- súmaireacht
- súmaire dí (“imbiber, tippler, wine bibber”)
- súmaire gainimh (“quicksand”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
súmaire | shúmaire after an, tsúmaire |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- “súmaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súgmaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language