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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 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.
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)
| 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.