Seoirseach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Seoirse (“George”) + -ach.
Adjective edit
Seoirseach (genitive singular masculine Seoirsigh, genitive singular feminine Seoirsí, plural Seoirseacha, not comparable)
- Georgian (of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia or the Georgian people)
- Georgian (of, from, or characteristic of the reigns of Kings George I and George II of Great Britain, and George III and George IV of the United Kingdom (1714–1830))
Declension edit
Declension of Seoirseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Seoirseach | Sheoirseach | Seoirseacha; Sheoirseacha² | |
| Vocative | Sheoirsigh | Seoirseacha | ||
| Genitive | Seoirsí | Seoirseacha | Seoirseach | |
| Dative | Seoirseach; Sheoirseach¹ |
Sheoirseach; Sheoirsigh (archaic) |
Seoirseacha; Sheoirseacha² | |
| Comparative | níos Seoirsí | |||
| Superlative | is Seoirsí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms edit
- An tSeoirsia f (“Georgia”) (country)
- Seoirsis f (“the Georgian language”)
Noun edit
Seoirseach m (genitive singular Seoirsigh, nominative plural Seoirsigh)
- a Georgian person (person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe)
- (historical) Georgian (British citizen during the reign of a king named George)
Declension edit
Declension of Seoirseach
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Seoirseach | Sheoirseach after an, tSeoirseach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Seoirseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Georgian”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024