searrach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish serrach, from Proto-Celtic *stirrākos, from Proto-Indo-European *stirp- (“progeny”) (compare Latin stirps (“stock”), Lithuanian stir̃pti (“to grow up”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɾˠa(x)/

Noun

searrach m (genitive singular searraigh, nominative plural searraigh)

1. colt, foal

Declension

Declension of searrach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative searrach searraigh vocative a shearraigh a shearracha genitive searraigh searrach dative searrach searraigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an searrach na searraigh genitive an tsearraigh na searrach dative leis an searrach don searrach leis na searraigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of searrach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
searrach	shearrach after an, tsearrach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “searraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 631
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “searrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish serrach, from Proto-Celtic *stirrākos, from Proto-Indo-European *stirp- (“progeny”) (compare Latin stirps (“stock”), Lithuanian stir̃pti (“to grow up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛrˠəx/

Noun

searrach m (genitive singular searraich, plural searraich)

1. colt, foal

Mutation

Mutation of searrach

radical	lenition
searrach	shearrach after "an", t-searrach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.