sealbhach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish selbach (“having great possessions; possessive, grasping; an owner, a landholder”), from selb (“property, appurtenance, domain, possessions; a flock, a herd; property, estate; ownership, possession”). By surface analysis, seilbh (“possession”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]sealbhach (genitive singular masculine sealbhaigh, genitive singular feminine sealbhaí, plural sealbhacha)
- having possessions
- possessive
- (law) possessory
Declension
[edit]Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | sealbhach | shealbhach | sealbhacha; shealbhacha² | |
Vocative | shealbhaigh | sealbhacha | ||
Genitive | sealbhaí | sealbhacha | sealbhach | |
Dative | sealbhach; shealbhach¹ |
shealbhach; shealbhaigh (archaic) |
sealbhacha; shealbhacha² | |
Comparative | níos sealbhaí | |||
Superlative | is sealbhaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- aidiacht shealbhach f (“possessive adjective”)
- forainm sealbhach m (“possessive pronoun”)
- teideal sealbhach m (“possessory title”)
- tuiseal sealbhach m (“possessive case”)
Noun
[edit]sealbhach m (genitive singular sealbhaigh, nominative plural sealbhaigh)
- (grammar) possessive (case)
- Synonym: tuiseal sealbhach
- flock
- occupier; possessor, holder, occupant
- Synonym: sealbhóir
Declension
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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 |
sealbhach | shealbhach after an, tsealbhach |
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) “sealbhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “selbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sealbhach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sealbhach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish selbach (“having great possessions; possessive, grasping; an owner, a landholder”), from selb (“property, appurtenance, domain, possessions; a flock, a herd; property, estate; ownership, possession”). By surface analysis, sealbh (“possession; inheritance; luck, good luck”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]sealbhach (genitive singular feminine sealbhaiche)
- fortunate, lucky
- prosperous
- (grammar, etc.) possessive
Derived terms
[edit]- riochdair seilbheach m (“possessive pronoun”)
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
sealbhach | shealbhach after "an", t-sealbhach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “sealbhach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “selbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- ga:Grammar
- ga:Law
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
- gd:Grammar