Seirbiach

Irish

Etymology

From An tSeirbia (“Serbia”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Seirbiach (genitive singular masculine Seirbiaigh, genitive singular feminine Seirbiaiche, plural Seirbiacha, not comparable)

1. Serbian, Serb

Declension

Declension of Seirbiach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Seirbiach	Sheirbiach	Seirbiacha; Sheirbiacha2
vocative	Sheirbiach		Seirbiacha
genitive		Seirbiaiche	Seirbiacha	Seirbiach
dative	Seirbiach; Sheirbiach1	Sheirbiach	Seirbiacha; Sheirbiacha2
Comparative	níos Seirbiaiche
Superlative	is Seirbiaiche

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• Poblacht na Seirbia
• Seirbis

Noun

Seirbiach m (genitive singular Seirbiaigh, nominative plural Seirbiaigh)

1. Serb, Serbian

Declension

Declension of Seirbiach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Seirbiach Seirbiaigh vocative a Sheirbiaigh a Sheirbiacha genitive Seirbiaigh Seirbiach dative Seirbiach Seirbiaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Seirbiach na Seirbiaigh genitive an tSeirbiaigh na Seirbiach dative leis an Seirbiach don Seirbiach leis na Seirbiaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Seirbiach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Seirbiach	Sheirbiach after an, tSeirbiach	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Seirbiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Seirbiach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024