Seumas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Seumas.

Proper noun

Seumas

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

Anagrams

• Seamus, assume, amuses

Irish

Proper noun

Seumas m (genitive Sheumais)

1. Superseded spelling of Séamas.

Mutation

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English James. Compare Irish Séamas.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

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

Declension

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

• Seumasach (“Jacobite”)
• Seumas-ruadh (“puffin”)

Descendants

• → English: Hamish

Mutation

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.