From Old Irish selbach (“having great possessions; possessive, grasping; an owner, a landholder”), from selb (“property, appurtenance, domain, possessions; a flock, a herd; property, estate; ownership, possession”). By surface analysis, seilbh (“possession”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
sealbhach (genitive singular masculine sealbhaigh, genitive singular feminine sealbhaí, plural sealbhacha)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sealbhach | shealbhach | sealbhacha; shealbhacha² | |
| Vocative | shealbhaigh | sealbhacha | ||
| Genitive | sealbhaí | sealbhacha | sealbhach | |
| Dative | sealbhach; shealbhach¹ |
shealbhach; shealbhaigh (archaic) |
sealbhacha; shealbhacha² | |
| Comparative | níos sealbhaí | |||
| Superlative | is sealbhaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
sealbhach m (genitive singular sealbhaigh, nominative plural sealbhaigh)
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sealbhach | shealbhach after an, tsealbhach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
From Old Irish selbach (“having great possessions; possessive, grasping; an owner, a landholder”), from selb (“property, appurtenance, domain, possessions; a flock, a herd; property, estate; ownership, possession”). By surface analysis, sealbh (“possession; inheritance; luck, good luck”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
sealbhach (genitive singular feminine sealbhaiche)
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| sealbhach | shealbhach after "an", t-sealbhach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |