suirbhéireacht

Irish

Etymology

From suirbhéir +‎ -acht.

Noun

suirbhéireacht f (genitive singular suirbhéireachta)

1. (act of) surveying
2. survey

   Synonym: suirbhé

Declension

Declension of suirbhéireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative suirbhéireacht vocative a shuirbhéireacht genitive suirbhéireachta dative suirbhéireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsuirbhéireacht genitive na suirbhéireachta dative leis an tsuirbhéireacht don tsuirbhéireacht

Derived terms

• An tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis (“Ordnance Survey”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of suirbhéireacht

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