seirbhís

Irish

Etymology

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

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

• buachaill seirbhíse m (“servant-boy”)
• pinsean seirbhíse m (“service pension”)
• píopa seirbhíse m (“service-pipe”)
• seirbhís airm f (“army service”)
• seirbhís an phoist f (“the postal service”)
• seirbhís dhiaga f (“divine 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 speisialta f (“special service”)
• seirbhís tointeála f (“shuttle service”)
• seirbhís uisce f (“water service”)
• teist seirbhíse m (“service record”)
• tréimhse seirbhíse f (“period of service, length of service”)

Related terms

• seirbhíseach m (“servant, help; vassal”)

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seirbhís”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “seirbís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seirbhís”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seirbhís”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025