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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish seirbísech (“auxiliary, ancillary; a servant, an agent”) (compare Irish seirbhíseach). By surface analysis, seirbheis (“service”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
Noun
seirbhiseach m (genitive singular seirbhisich, plural seirbhisich)
- servant
- Synonym: searbhanta
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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