seirbhiseach

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See also: seirbhíseach

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)

  1. servant
    Synonym: searbhanta

Mutation

Mutation of seirbhiseach
radical lenition
seirbhiseach sheirbhiseach
after "an", t-seirbhiseach

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

References

  1. ^ 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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