seilbh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish selb (compare Manx shelloo), from Proto-Celtic *selwā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛlʲəvʲ/
• (Ulster, also) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɨ̞lʲəvʲ/

Noun

seilbh f (genitive singular seilbhe, nominative plural sealbha)

1. occupancy, possession
2. thing possessed; property, estate, demesne

Declension

Declension of seilbh

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seilbh sealbha Vocative a sheilbh a shealbha Genitive seilbhe sealbh Dative seilbh sealbha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tseilbh na sealbha Genitive na seilbhe na sealbh Dative leis an tseilbh don tseilbh leis na sealbha

Derived terms

• aonseilbh f (“collectivism”)
• as seilbh (“dispossessed”)
• buanseilbh f (“fixity of tenure”)
• gabh seilbh ar (“confiscate”, verb)
• léas-seilbh f (“tenure by lease, leasehold”)
• sealbhach (“possessive”, adjective)
• sealbhaigh (“possess”, verb)
• sealbhán m (“flock, herd”)
• sealbhóir m (“occupier, possessor”)
• seilbh beinifíse f (“incumbency of benefice”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seilbh	sheilbh after an, tseilbh	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seilbh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish selb (compare Manx shelloo), from Proto-Celtic *selwā.

Noun

seilbh m (genitive singular seilbhe, plural seilbhean)

1. property, possession

   Synonym: sealbh

Derived terms

• seilbheach

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
seilbh	sheilbh after "an", t-seilbh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “selb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language