searbh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish serb (“bitter”), from Proto-Celtic *swerwos (compare Welsh chwerw).

Adjective

searbh (genitive singular masculine searbh, genitive singular feminine seirbhe, plural searbha, comparative seirbhe)

  1. bitter
  2. sour, acid

Declension

Declension of searbh
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative searbh shearbh searbha;
shearbha²
Vocative shearbh searbha
Genitive seirbhe searbha searbh
Dative searbh;
shearbh¹ 		shearbh searbha;
shearbha²
Comparative níos seirbhe
Superlative is seirbhe

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

  • Archaic vocative/genitive singular masculine and dative singular feminine: seirbh

Mutation

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish serb (“bitter”), from Proto-Celtic *swerwos (compare Welsh chwerw).

Adjective

searbh (comparative nas / na b' sèirbhe, superlative as / a b' sèirbhe)

  1. sharp, keen
  2. pungent, acute, acrid, acrimonious
  3. sarcastic, bitter, harsh, severe, embittering
  4. poignant
  5. shrill, dissonant
  6. intolerable, disagreeable, distressful, disgusted
  7. distasteful, sour, tart

Mutation

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