seilbh

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛlʲəvʲ/
  • (Ulster, also) IPA(key): /ˈʃɨ̞lʲəvʲ/[1]

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.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 41

Further reading

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

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

References
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