siamsa

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from a variant form of siansa (melody).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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siamsa m (genitive singular siamsa, nominative plural siamsaí)

  1. entertainment
  2. amusement, diversion

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
siamsa shiamsa
after an, tsiamsa
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, page 46

Further reading

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