Seoirseach
Irish
Adjective
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
Declension of Seoirseach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
- An tSeoirsia f (“Georgia”) (country)
- Seoirsis f (“the Georgian language”)
Noun
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
Declension of Seoirseach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- "Seoirseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “Georgian” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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