Irish
Etymology
From suirbhé + -éir.
Noun
suirbhéir m (genitive singular suirbhéara, nominative plural suirbhéirí)
- surveyor
Declension
Declension of suirbhéir (third declension)
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Derived terms
- cuaille suirbhéara
- dorú suirbhéara (“surveyors' tape”)
- suirbhéir bóithre (“road-surveyor”)
- suirbhéir cainníochta (“quantity surveyor”)
- suirbhéir mara (“naval surveyor”)
- suirbhéir pobalbhreithe (“pollster”)
- suirbhéir réadmhaoine (“property surveyor”)
- suirbhéir talún (“land surveyor”)
- suirbhéireacht
Mutation
Mutated forms of suirbhéir
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lenition
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eclipsis
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shuirbhéir after an, tsuirbhéir
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suirbhéir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “suirbhéir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “suirbhéir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025