Irish

Adjective

sealbhach ‎(genitive singular masculine sealbhaigh, genitive singular feminine sealbhaí, plural sealbhacha)

1. having possessions
2. possessive
   1. (of a person) possessive, grasping
   2. (grammar) possessive
3. (law) possessory

Declension

Derived terms

• aidiacht shealbhach f ‎(“possessive adjective”)
• forainm sealbhach m ‎(“possessive pronoun”)
• teideal sealbhach m ‎(“possessory title”)
• tuiseal sealbhach m ‎(“possessive case”)

Noun

sealbhach m ‎(genitive singular sealbhaigh, nominative plural sealbhaigh)

1. (grammar) possessive (case)
2. flock
   1. flock, herd
   2. flock, number, group
3. occupier; possessor, holder, occupant

Declension

Synonyms

• (possessive case): tuiseal sealbhach m
• (flock, herd, number, group): sealbhán m
• (occupier; possessor, holder, occupant): sealbhóir m

Mutation

References

• "sealbhach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “selbach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• seilbheach

Etymology

From Old Irish selbach ‎(“having great possessions; possessive, grasping; an owner, a landholder”), from selb ‎(“property, appurtenance, domain, possessions; a flock, a herd; property, estate; ownership, possession”); synchronically sealbh ‎(“possession; inheritance; luck, good luck”) +‎ -ach ‎(adjectival suffix).

Adjective

sealbhach ‎(genitive singular feminine sealbhaiche)

1. fortunate, lucky
2. prosperous
3. (grammar, etc.) possessive

Derived terms

• riochdair seilbheach m ‎(“possessive pronoun”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “selbach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.