Seoirseach

Irish

Etymology

From Seoirse (“George”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Seoirseach (genitive singular masculine Seoirsigh, genitive singular feminine Seoirsí, plural Seoirseacha, not comparable)

  1. Georgian (of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia or the Georgian people)
  2. Georgian (of, from, or characteristic of the reigns of Kings George I and George II of Great Britain, and George III and George IV of the United Kingdom (1714–1830))

Declension
Declension of Seoirseach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Seoirseach Sheoirseach Seoirseacha;
Sheoirseacha²
Vocative Sheoirsigh Seoirseacha
Genitive Seoirsí Seoirseacha Seoirseach
Dative Seoirseach;
Sheoirseach¹		 Sheoirseach;
Sheoirsigh (archaic)		 Seoirseacha;
Sheoirseacha²
Comparative níos Seoirsí
Superlative is Seoirsí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Seoirseach m (genitive singular Seoirsigh, nominative plural Seoirsigh)

  1. a Georgian person (person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe)
  2. (historical) Georgian (British citizen during the reign of a king named George)

Declension
Declension of Seoirseach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Seoirseach Seoirsigh
Vocative a Sheoirsigh a Sheoirseacha
Genitive Seoirsigh Seoirseach
Dative Seoirseach Seoirsigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Seoirseach na Seoirsigh
Genitive an tSeoirsigh na Seoirseach
Dative leis an Seoirseach

don Seoirseach

 leis na Seoirsigh

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

Further reading
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