sìobhalta
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish síbíalta (“civil”) (compare modern Irish sibhialta), from Middle English civil or Old French civil (+ -ta).
Adjective
sìobhalta
- civil, civilian
- Synonym: catharra
Related terms
- sìobhaltachd
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
sìobhalta | shìobhalta after "an", t-sìobhalta |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “síbíalta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.