searbhónta
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish serbḟóntaid, serbóntaid (compare Scottish Gaelic searbhanta), based on Anglo-Norman servaunt.
Noun[edit]
searbhónta m (genitive singular searbhónta, nominative plural searbhóntaí)
- servant
- Synonyms: giolla, seirbhíseach
Declension[edit]
Declension of searbhónta
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 |
searbhónta | shearbhónta after an, tsearbhónta |
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) “searbhónta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- 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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “searbhónta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “searbhónta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024