sealbhach

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Irish

Etymology

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).

Adjective

sealbhach (genitive singular masculine sealbhaigh, genitive singular feminine sealbhaí, plural sealbhacha)

  1. having possessions
  2. possessive
    1. possessive, grasping (of a person)
    2. (grammar) possessive
  3. (law) possessory

Declension

Declension of sealbhach
Positive singular plural
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.

Derived terms

Noun

sealbhach m (genitive singular sealbhaigh, nominative plural sealbhaigh)

  1. (grammar) possessive (case)
    Synonym: tuiseal sealbhach
  2. flock
    1. flock, herd
      Synonym: sealbhán
    2. flock, number, group
      Synonym: sealbhán
  3. occupier; possessor, holder, occupant
    Synonym: sealbhóir

Declension

Declension of sealbhach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sealbhach sealbhaigh
vocative a shealbhaigh a shealbhacha
genitive sealbhaigh sealbhach
dative sealbhach sealbhaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sealbhach na sealbhaigh
genitive an tsealbhaigh na sealbhach
dative leis an sealbhach
don sealbhach 		leis na sealbhaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of sealbhach
radical lenition eclipsis
sealbhach shealbhach
after an, tsealbhach 		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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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).

Adjective

sealbhach (genitive singular feminine sealbhaiche)

  1. fortunate, lucky
  2. prosperous
  3. (grammar, etc.) possessive

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of sealbhach
radical lenition
sealbhach shealbhach
after "an", t-sealbhach

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sealbhach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “selbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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