seirbhís

Irish

Alternative forms

  • serbhís (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish seirbís (compare Scottish Gaelic seirbheis),[2] from Old French servise, from Latin servitium, from servus (“slave”).

Pronunciation

Noun

seirbhís f (genitive singular seirbhíse, nominative plural seirbhísí)

  1. service

Declension

Declension of seirbhís (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seirbhís seirbhísí
vocative a sheirbhís a sheirbhísí
genitive seirbhíse seirbhísí
dative seirbhís seirbhísí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tseirbhís na seirbhísí
genitive na seirbhíse na seirbhísí
dative leis an tseirbhís
don tseirbhís 		leis na seirbhísí

Derived terms

  • pianseirbhís f (“penal servitude”)
  • pinsean seirbhíse m (“service pension”)
  • píopa seirbhíse m (“service-pipe”)
  • rúnseirbhís f (“secret service”)
  • seirbhís airm f (“army service”)
  • seirbhís eaglaise f (“church service”)
  • seirbhís mhíleata f (“military service”)
  • seirbhís phoiblí f (“public service”)
  • seirbhís phoist f (“postal service”)
  • seirbhís sláintíochta f (“sanitation service”)
  • seirbhís tointeála f (“shuttle service”)
  • seirbhíseach m (“servant”)
  • státseirbhís f (“civil service”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seirbhís
radical lenition eclipsis
seirbhís sheirbhís
after an, tseirbhís 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “seirbhís”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “seirbís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947), The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 470, page 126
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 230
  5. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 501 (ii), page 94
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 220

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