seirbhíseach

See also: seirbhiseach

Irish

Etymology

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

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 case singular plural nominative seirbhíseach seirbhísigh vocative a sheirbhísigh a sheirbhíseacha genitive seirbhísigh seirbhíseach dative seirbhíseach seirbhísigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an seirbhíseach na seirbhísigh genitive an tseirbhísigh na seirbhíseach dative leis an seirbhíseach don seirbhíseach leis na seirbhísigh

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.

Further reading

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