seilbh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish selb (compare Manx shelloo), from Proto-Celtic *selwā.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛlʲəvʲ/
  • (Ulster, also) IPA(key): /ˈʃɨ̞lʲəvʲ/[2]

Noun

seilbh f (genitive singular seilbhe, nominative plural sealbha)

  1. occupancy, possession
  2. thing possessed; property, estate, demesne

Declension

Declension of seilbh (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seilbh sealbha
vocative a sheilbh a shealbha
genitive seilbhe sealbh
dative seilbh sealbha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tseilbh na sealbha
genitive na seilbhe na sealbh
dative leis an tseilbh
don tseilbh 		leis na sealbha

Derived terms

  • aonseilbh f (“collectivism”)
  • as seilbh (“dispossessed”)
  • buanseilbh f (“fixity of tenure”)
  • gabh seilbh ar (“confiscate”, verb)
  • léas-seilbh f (“tenure by lease, leasehold”)
  • sealbhach (“possessive”, adjective)
  • sealbhaigh (“possess”, verb)
  • sealbhán m (“flock, herd”)
  • sealbhóir m (“occupier, possessor”)
  • seilbh beinifíse f (“incumbency of benefice”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seilbh
radical lenition eclipsis
seilbh sheilbh
after an, tseilbh 		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), “selb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 104, page 41

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish selb (compare Manx shelloo), from Proto-Celtic *selwā.

Noun

seilbh m (genitive singular seilbhe, plural seilbhean)

  1. property, possession
    Synonym: sealbh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of seilbh
radical lenition
seilbh sheilbh
after "an", t-seilbh

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

References

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