sibhialta

Irish

Alternative forms

síbhéalta

Etymology

From Middle Irish síbíalta (“civil”) (compare Scottish Gaelic sìobhalta), from Middle English civil or Old French civil (+ -ta).

Adjective

sibhialta

civil
1. 1. concerning citizens
  2. concerning private property
  3. concerned with public works
2. polite, courteous

Derived terms

bille sibhialta m (“civil bill”)
cearta sibhialta m pl (“civil rights”)
dlí sibhialta m (“civil law”)
easumhlaíocht shibhialta f (“civil disobedience”)
innealtóireacht shibhialta f (“civil engineering”)
innealtóir sibhialta m (“civil engineer”)
institiúid sibhialta f (“civil institution”)
sibhialtach (“civilian”, adjective)
sibhialtach m (“civilian”)
sibhialtacht f (“civilization; civility”)
sibhialtóir m (“civilizer”)
stádas sibhialta m (“civil status”)
údarás sibhialta m (“civil authority”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

"sibhialta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“síbíalta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Entries containing “sibhialta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “sibhialta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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