Seoirseach

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Irish

Etymology

From Seoirse (“George”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Seoirseach (genitive singular masculine Seoirsigh, genitive singular feminine Seoirsí, plural Seoirseacha, not comparable)

  1. Georgian (of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia or the Georgian people)
  2. Georgian (of, from, or characteristic of the reigns of Kings George I and George II of Great Britain, and George III and George IV of the United Kingdom (1714–1830))

Declension

Declension of Seoirseach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative Seoirseach Sheoirseach Seoirseacha;
Sheoirseacha2
vocative Sheoirsigh Seoirseacha
genitive Seoirsí Seoirseacha Seoirseach
dative Seoirseach;
Sheoirseach1 		Sheoirseach;
Sheoirsigh (archaic) 		Seoirseacha;
Sheoirseacha2
Comparative níos Seoirsí
Superlative is Seoirsí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Seoirseach m (genitive singular Seoirsigh, nominative plural Seoirsigh)

  1. a Georgian person (person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe)
  2. (historical) Georgian (British citizen during the reign of a king named George)

Declension

Declension of Seoirseach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Seoirseach Seoirsigh
vocative a Sheoirsigh a Sheoirseacha
genitive Seoirsigh Seoirseach
dative Seoirseach Seoirsigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an Seoirseach na Seoirsigh
genitive an tSeoirsigh na Seoirseach
dative leis an Seoirseach
don Seoirseach 		leis na Seoirsigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Seoirseach
radical lenition eclipsis
Seoirseach Sheoirseach
after an, tSeoirseach 		not applicable

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

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