seirbhíseach
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See also: seirbhiseach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish seirbísech (“auxiliary, ancillary; a servant, an agent”) (compare Scottish Gaelic seirbhiseach). By surface analysis, seirbhís (“service”) + -ach.
Noun
[edit]seirbhíseach m (genitive singular seirbhísigh, nominative plural seirbhísigh)
- servant, help
- Synonyms: giolla, searbhónta
- vassal
Declension
[edit]Declension of seirbhíseach
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 |
seirbhíseach | sheirbhíseach after an, tseirbhíseach |
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) “seirbhíseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “seirbísech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seirbhíseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “seirbhíseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024