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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “searc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “searc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language