sirriam

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sirriam, serriam, sirriem, from Middle English shirreve, from Old English scīrġerēfa.

Noun

sirriam m (genitive singular sirriam, nominative plural sirriamaí)

1. sheriff

Declension

Declension of sirriam (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sirriam sirriamaí vocative a shirriam a shirriamaí genitive sirriam sirriamaí dative sirriam sirriamaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sirriam na sirriamaí genitive an tsirriam na sirriamaí dative leis an sirriam don sirriam leis na sirriamaí

Derived terms

• Ard-Sirriam (“High Sheriff”)
• foshirriam (“undersheriff”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sirriam

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sirriam	shirriam after an, tsirriam	not applicable

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