searbh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish serb (“bitter”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *swerwos (compare Welsh chwerw).

Pronunciation

Adjective

searbh (genitive singular masculine searbh, genitive singular feminine seirbhe, plural searbha, comparative seirbhe)

  1. bitter
  2. sour, acid

Declension

Declension of searbh
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative searbh shearbh searbha;
shearbha2
vocative shearbh searbha
genitive seirbhe searbha searbh
dative searbh;
shearbh1 		shearbh searbha;
shearbha2
Comparative níos seirbhe
Superlative is seirbhe

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

  • Archaic vocative/genitive singular masculine and dative singular feminine: seirbh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of searbh
radical lenition eclipsis
searbh shearbh
after an, tsearbh 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 serb ‘bitter’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 146, page 75
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 114, page 45

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish serb (“bitter”), from Proto-Celtic *swerwos (compare Welsh chwerw).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛɾˠɛv/

Adjective

searbh (comparative nas / na b' sèirbhe, superlative as / a b' sèirbhe)

  1. sharp, keen
  2. pungent, acute, acrid, acrimonious
  3. sarcastic, bitter, harsh, severe, embittering
  4. poignant
  5. shrill, dissonant
  6. intolerable, disagreeable, distressful, disgusted
  7. distasteful, sour, tart

Mutation

Mutation of searbh
radical lenition
searbh shearbh
after "an", t-searbh

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

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