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”). By surface analysis, seilbh (“possession”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

sealbhach (genitive singular masculine sealbhaigh, genitive singular feminine sealbhaí, plural sealbhacha)

  1. having possessions
  2. possessive
    1. possessive, grasping (of a person)
    2. (grammar) possessive
  3. (law) possessory

Declension
Declension of sealbhach
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

Noun

sealbhach m (genitive singular sealbhaigh, nominative plural sealbhaigh)

  1. (grammar) possessive (case)
    Synonym: tuiseal sealbhach
  2. flock
    1. flock, herd
      Synonym: sealbhán
    2. flock, number, group
      Synonym: sealbhán
  3. occupier; possessor, holder, occupant
    Synonym: sealbhóir

Declension
Declension of sealbhach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sealbhach sealbhaigh
Vocative a shealbhaigh a shealbhacha
Genitive sealbhaigh sealbhach
Dative sealbhach sealbhaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sealbhach na sealbhaigh
Genitive an tsealbhaigh na sealbhach
Dative leis an sealbhach

don sealbhach

 leis na sealbhaigh

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.

Further reading

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”). By surface analysis, sealbh (“possession; inheritance; luck, good luck”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

sealbhach (genitive singular feminine sealbhaiche)

  1. fortunate, lucky
  2. prosperous
  3. (grammar, etc.) possessive

Derived terms

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

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sealbhach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “selbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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