suirbhéir

Irish

Etymology

From suirbhé +‎ -éir.

Noun

suirbhéir m (genitive singular suirbhéara, nominative plural suirbhéirí)

1. surveyor

Declension

Declension of suirbhéir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative suirbhéir suirbhéirí Vocative a shuirbhéir a shuirbhéirí Genitive suirbhéara suirbhéirí Dative suirbhéir suirbhéirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an suirbhéir na suirbhéirí Genitive an tsuirbhéara na suirbhéirí Dative leis an suirbhéir don suirbhéir leis na suirbhéirí

Derived terms

• cuaille suirbhéara
• dorú suirbhéara (“surveyors' tape”)
• suirbhéir bóithre (“road-surveyor”)
• suirbhéir cainníochta (“quantity surveyor”)
• suirbhéir mara (“naval surveyor”)
• suirbhéir pobalbhreithe (“pollster”)
• suirbhéir réadmhaoine (“property surveyor”)
• suirbhéir talún (“land surveyor”)
• suirbhéireacht

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suirbhéir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “suirbhéir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “suirbhéir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.