Seirbia

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

An tSeirbia f (genitive na Seirbia)

1. Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe; official name: Poblacht na Seirbia)

Declension

Declension of Seirbia (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Seirbia vocative a Sheirbia genitive Seirbia dative Seirbia forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tSeirbia genitive na Seirbia dative leis an tSeirbia don tSeirbia

Derived terms

• Seirbiach (“Serbian”, adjective)
• Seirbiach m (“Serbian, Serb”)

Related terms

• Béalgrád m (“Belgrade”)
• Seirbis f (“the Serbian language”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Seirbia

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Seirbia	Sheirbia after an, tSeirbia	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “Serbia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “Seirbia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025