seirfeachas

Irish

Etymology

From seirfeach (“serf”) +‎ -as.

Noun

seirfeachas m (genitive singular seirfeachais)

1. (historical) serfdom (in feudal system)

   Synonym: daoirse

2. (figuratively) lowly status

   Synonym: sclábhaíocht

Declension

Declension of seirfeachas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative seirfeachas vocative a sheirfeachais genitive seirfeachais dative seirfeachas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an seirfeachas genitive an tseirfeachais dative leis an seirfeachas don seirfeachas

Mutation

Mutated forms of seirfeachas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seirfeachas	sheirfeachas after an, tseirfeachas	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seirfeachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seirfeachas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seirfeachas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024