searc

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish serc (“love”).

Noun

searc f (genitive singular seirce or searca, nominative plural searca)

1. love
2. beloved one

Declension

Declension of searc

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative searc searca Vocative a shearc a shearca Genitive seirce searc Dative searc searca

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsearc na searca Genitive na seirce na searc Dative leis an tsearc don tsearc leis na searca

Alternative declension

Declension of searc

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative searc searca Vocative a shearc a shearca Genitive searca searc Dative searc searca

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsearc na searca Genitive na searca na searc Dative leis an tsearc don tsearc leis na searca

Derived terms

• ball seirce (“love spot, patch”)
• duailín seirce (“kiss curl”)
• foráil seirce (“excess of love”)
• snaidhm seirce (“true-love knot”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

searc m (genitive singular searca, nominative plural searcanna)

1. Alternative form of siorc (“shark”)

Declension

Declension of searc

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative searc searcanna Vocative a shearc a shearcanna Genitive searca searcanna Dative searc searcanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an searc na searcanna Genitive an tsearca na searcanna Dative leis an searc don searc leis na searcanna

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “searc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “searc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language