searbhanta
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish serbḟóntaid, serbóntaid (compare modern Irish searbhónta), based on Anglo-Norman servaunt.
Noun
searbhanta m or f (genitive singular searbhanta, plural searbhantan)
- servant
- Synonym: seirbhiseach
Derived terms
- bana-shearbhanta (“(female) servant”)
Related terms
- seirbheis f (“service”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| searbhanta | shearbhanta after "an", t-searbhanta |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “serb(ḟ)óntaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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