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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	seirbhís	seirbhísí
Vocative	a sheirbhís	a sheirbhísí
Genitive	seirbhíse	seirbhísí
Dative	seirbhís	seirbhísí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tseirbhís	na seirbhísí
Genitive	na seirbhíse	na seirbhísí
Dative	leis an tseirbhís don tseirbhís	leis na seirbhísí

Derived terms

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

"seirbhís" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“seirbís” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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.

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