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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish síbíalta (“civil”) (compare Scottish Gaelic sìobhalta), from Middle English civil or Old French civil (+ -ta).
Adjective
sibhialta
- civil
- concerning citizens
- concerning private property
- concerned with public works
- polite, courteous
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sibhialta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “síbíalta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sibhialta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sibhialta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024