Seirbiach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From An tSeirbia (“Serbia”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]Seirbiach (genitive singular masculine Seirbiaigh, genitive singular feminine Seirbiaiche, plural Seirbiacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Seirbiach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Seirbiach | Sheirbiach | Seirbiacha; Sheirbiacha² | |
Vocative | Sheirbiach | Seirbiacha | ||
Genitive | Seirbiaiche | Seirbiacha | Seirbiach | |
Dative | Seirbiach; Sheirbiach¹ |
Sheirbiach | Seirbiacha; Sheirbiacha² | |
Comparative | níos Seirbiaiche | |||
Superlative | is Seirbiaiche |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]Seirbiach m (genitive singular Seirbiaigh, nominative plural Seirbiaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Seirbiach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Seirbiach | Sheirbiach after an, tSeirbiach |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Seirbiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Seirbiach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024