searc

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish serc (“love”).

Noun

searc f (genitive singular seirce or searca, nominative plural searca)

  1. love
  2. beloved one
Declension
Declension of searc (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative searc searca
vocative a shearc a shearca
genitive seirce searc
dative searc searca
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsearc na searca
genitive na seirce na searc
dative leis an tsearc
don tsearc 		leis na searca
Alternative declension
Declension of searc (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative searc searca
vocative a shearc a shearca
genitive searca searc
dative searc searca
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsearc na searca
genitive na searca na searc
dative leis an tsearc
don tsearc 		leis na searca
Derived terms
  • ball seirce (“love spot, patch”)
  • duailín seirce (“kiss curl”)
  • foráil seirce (“excess of love”)
  • snaidhm seirce (“true-love knot”)

Etymology 2

Noun

searc m (genitive singular searca, nominative plural searcanna)

  1. alternative form of siorc (“shark”)
Declension
Declension of searc (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative searc searcanna
vocative a shearc a shearcanna
genitive searca searcanna
dative searc searcanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an searc na searcanna
genitive an tsearca na searcanna
dative leis an searc
don searc 		leis na searcanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of searc
radical lenition eclipsis
searc shearc
after an, tsearc 		not applicable

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

References

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