suirbhéireacht

Irish

Etymology

From suirbhéir +‎ -acht.

Noun

suirbhéireacht f (genitive singular suirbhéireachta)

1. (act of) surveying
2. survey

   Synonym: suirbhé

Declension

Declension of suirbhéireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative suirbhéireacht Vocative a shuirbhéireacht Genitive suirbhéireachta Dative suirbhéireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tsuirbhéireacht Genitive na suirbhéireachta Dative leis an tsuirbhéireacht don tsuirbhéireacht

Derived terms

• An tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis (“Ordnance Survey”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suirbhéireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “suirbhéireacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “suirbhéireacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.