Sibéarach

Irish

Etymology

From an tSibéir (“Siberia”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Sibéarach (genitive singular masculine Sibéaraigh, genitive singular feminine Sibéaraí, plural Sibéaracha, not comparable)

1. Siberian

Declension

Declension of Sibéarach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Sibéarach	Shibéarach	Sibéaracha; Shibéaracha²
Vocative	Shibéaraigh		Sibéaracha
Genitive		Sibéaraí	Sibéaracha	Sibéarach
Dative	Sibéarach; Shibéarach¹	Shibéarach; Shibéaraigh (archaic)	Sibéaracha; Shibéaracha²
Comparative	níos Sibéaraí
Superlative	is Sibéaraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Sibéarach m (genitive singular Sibéaraigh, nominative plural Sibéaraigh)

1. Siberian person

Declension

Declension of Sibéarach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Sibéarach Sibéaraigh Vocative a Shibéaraigh a Shibéaracha Genitive Sibéaraigh Sibéarach Dative Sibéarach Sibéaraigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Sibéarach na Sibéaraigh Genitive an tSibéaraigh na Sibéarach Dative leis an Sibéarach don Sibéarach leis na Sibéaraigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Sibéarach	Shibéarach after an, tSibéarach	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) “Sibéarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sibéarach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm