seirbhís

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish seirbís (compare Scottish Gaelic seirbheis), from Old French servise, from Latin servitium, from servus (“slave”).

Noun

seirbhís f (genitive singular seirbhíse, nominative plural seirbhísí)

  1. service

Declension

Declension of seirbhís (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seirbhís seirbhísí
vocative a sheirbhís a sheirbhísí
genitive seirbhíse seirbhísí
dative seirbhís seirbhísí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tseirbhís na seirbhísí
genitive na seirbhíse na seirbhísí
dative leis an tseirbhís
don tseirbhís 		leis na seirbhísí

Derived terms

  • buachaill seirbhíse m (“servant-boy”)
  • pinsean seirbhíse m (“service pension”)
  • píopa seirbhíse m (“service-pipe”)
  • seirbhís airm f (“army service”)
  • seirbhís an phoist f (“the postal service”)
  • seirbhís dhiaga f (“divine service”)
  • seirbhís eaglaise f (“church service”)
  • seirbhís mhíleata f (“military service”)
  • seirbhís phoiblí f (“public service”)
  • seirbhís phoist f (“postal service”)
  • seirbhís sláintíochta f (“sanitation service”)
  • seirbhís speisialta f (“special service”)
  • seirbhís tointeála f (“shuttle service”)
  • seirbhís uisce f (“water service”)
  • teist seirbhíse m (“service record”)
  • tréimhse seirbhíse f (“period of service, length of service”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seirbhís
radical lenition eclipsis
seirbhís sheirbhís
after an, tseirbhís 		not applicable

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

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