Seumas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Seumas.

Proper noun

Seumas

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

Irish

Proper noun

Seumas m (genitive Sheumais)

1. Superseded spelling of Séamas.

Mutation

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

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	(a) Sheumais	(a) Sheumasa

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• → English: Hamish

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
Seumas	Sheumas after "an", t-Seumas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.