seirbhíseach

See also: seirbhiseach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish seirbísech (“auxiliary, ancillary; a servant, an agent”) (compare Scottish Gaelic seirbhiseach).[1] By surface analysis, seirbhís (“service”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃeɾʲəˈvʲiːʃəx/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʃeɾʲəvʲiːʃəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃeɾʲəvʲiːʃa(x)/[3]

Noun

seirbhíseach m (genitive singular seirbhísigh, nominative plural seirbhísigh)

  1. servant, help
    Synonyms: giolla, searbhónta
  2. vassal

Declension

Declension of seirbhíseach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seirbhíseach seirbhísigh
vocative a sheirbhísigh a sheirbhíseacha
genitive seirbhísigh seirbhíseach
dative seirbhíseach seirbhísigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an seirbhíseach na seirbhísigh
genitive an tseirbhísigh na seirbhíseach
dative leis an seirbhíseach
don seirbhíseach 		leis na seirbhísigh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of seirbhíseach
radical lenition eclipsis
seirbhíseach sheirbhíseach
after an, tseirbhíseach 		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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “seirbísech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947), The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 501, page 134
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 206

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