searbhanta

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish serbḟóntaid, serbóntaid (compare modern Irish searbhónta), based on Anglo-Norman servaunt.

Pronunciation

Noun

searbhanta m or f (genitive singular searbhanta, plural searbhantan)

  1. servant
    Synonym: seirbhiseach

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of searbhanta
radical lenition
searbhanta shearbhanta
after "an", t-searbhanta

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
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

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