Seirbis

Irish

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Sȑb +‎ -is.

Proper noun

Seirbis f (genitive Seirbise)

1. the Serbian language

Declension

Declension of Seirbis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Seirbis vocative a Sheirbis genitive Seirbise dative Seirbis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tSeirbis genitive na Seirbise dative leis an tSeirbis don tSeirbis

Related terms

• Poblacht na Seirbia f (“the Republic of Serbia”)
• Seirbia f (“Serbia”)
• Seirbiach m (“a Serbian person”)
• Seirbiach (“Serbian”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Seirbis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Seirbis	Sheirbis after an, tSeirbis	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) “Seirbis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Serbian”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Seirbis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm