suirbhéir

Irish

Etymology

From suirbhé +‎ -éir.

Noun

suirbhéir m (genitive singular suirbhéara, nominative plural suirbhéirí)

1. surveyor

Declension

Declension of suirbhéir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative suirbhéir suirbhéirí vocative a shuirbhéir a shuirbhéirí genitive suirbhéara suirbhéirí dative suirbhéir suirbhéirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an suirbhéir na suirbhéirí genitive an tsuirbhéara na suirbhéirí dative leis an suirbhéir don suirbhéir leis na suirbhéirí

Derived terms

• cuaille suirbhéara
• dorú suirbhéara (“surveyors' tape”)
• suirbhéir bóithre (“road-surveyor”)
• suirbhéir cainníochta (“quantity surveyor”)
• suirbhéir mara (“naval surveyor”)
• suirbhéir pobalbhreithe (“pollster”)
• suirbhéir réadmhaoine (“property surveyor”)
• suirbhéir talún (“land surveyor”)
• suirbhéireacht

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of suirbhéir

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