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)
- service
Declension
Declension of seirbhís
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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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”)
Related terms
- seirbhíseach m (“servant, help; vassal”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seirbhís | sheirbhís after an, tseirbhís | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “seirbhís”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “seirbís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “seirbhís” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “seirbhís” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.