searbh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish serb (bitter), from Proto-Celtic *swerwos (compare Welsh chwerw).

Adjective

searbh (genitive singular masculine searbh, genitive singular feminine seirbhe, plural searbha, comparative seirbhe)

  1. bitter
  2. sour, acid

Declension

  • Archaic vocative/genitive singular masculine and dative singular feminine: seirbh

Mutation

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

Further reading


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish serb (bitter), from Proto-Celtic *swerwos (compare Welsh chwerw).

Adjective

searbh (comparative nas / na b' sèirbhe, superlative as / a b' sèirbhe)

  1. sharp, keen
  2. pungent, acute, acrid, acrimonious
  3. sarcastic, bitter, harsh, severe, embittering
  4. poignant
  5. shrill, dissonant
  6. intolerable, disagreeable, distressful, disgusted
  7. distasteful, sour, tart

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
searbhshearbh
after "an", t-searbh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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