searbhanta
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish serbḟóntaid, serbóntaid (compare modern Irish searbhónta), based on Anglo-Norman servaunt.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈʃaˈravɔn̪ˠt̪/[1]
- (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛˈravanʌ/[2]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛˈrɛ.ən̪ˠt̪ə/[3]
- (South Argyll) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛrɑn̪ˠt̪ə/[4]
Noun
[edit]searbhanta m or f (genitive singular searbhanta, plural searbhantan)
- servant
- Synonym: seirbhiseach
Derived terms
[edit]- bana-shearbhanta (“(female) servant”)
Related terms
[edit]- seirbheis f (“service”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| searbhanta | shearbhanta after "an", t-searbhanta |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 435
- ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 208
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “serb(ḟ)óntaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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