seirbheis
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish seirbís (compare Irish seirbhís), from Old French servise, from Latin servitium, from servus (“slave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃeɾʲevɪʃ/
Noun
seirbheis f (genitive singular seirbheise, plural seirbheisean)
Derived terms
- seirbheis chatharra f (“public service”)
- seirbheis nàiseanta f (“national service”)
Related terms
- searbhanta (“servant”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| seirbheis | sheirbheis after "an", t-seirbheis |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “seirbís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language