sìobhalta

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish síbíalta (civil) (compare modern Irish sibhialta), from Middle English civil or Old French civil (+ -ta).

Adjective

sìobhalta

  1. civil, civilian
    Synonym: catharra
  • sìobhaltachd

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • síbíalta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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