sealbhach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish selbach (“having great possessions; possessive, grasping; an owner, a landholder”), from selb (“property, appurtenance, domain, possessions; a flock, a herd; property, estate; ownership, possession”); synchronically seilbh (“possession”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
sealbhach (genitive singular masculine sealbhaigh, genitive singular feminine sealbhaí, plural sealbhacha)
- having possessions
- possessive
- (law) possessory
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sealbhach | shealbhach | sealbhacha; shealbhacha² | |
| Vocative | shealbhaigh | sealbhacha | ||
| Genitive | sealbhaí | sealbhacha | sealbhach | |
| Dative | sealbhach; shealbhach¹ |
shealbhach; shealbhaigh (archaic) |
sealbhacha; shealbhacha² | |
| Comparative | níos sealbhaí | |||
| Superlative | is sealbhaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- aidiacht shealbhach f (“possessive adjective”)
- forainm sealbhach m (“possessive pronoun”)
- teideal sealbhach m (“possessory title”)
- tuiseal sealbhach m (“possessive case”)
Noun
sealbhach m (genitive singular sealbhaigh, nominative plural sealbhaigh)
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (possessive case): tuiseal sealbhach m
- (flock, herd, number, group): sealbhán m
- (occupier; possessor, holder, occupant): sealbhóir m
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sealbhach | shealbhach after an, tsealbhach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "sealbhach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “selbach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish selbach (“having great possessions; possessive, grasping; an owner, a landholder”), from selb (“property, appurtenance, domain, possessions; a flock, a herd; property, estate; ownership, possession”); synchronically sealbh (“possession; inheritance; luck, good luck”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
sealbhach (genitive singular feminine sealbhaiche)
- fortunate, lucky
- prosperous
- (grammar, etc.) possessive
Derived terms
- riochdair seilbheach m (“possessive pronoun”)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “selbach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.