searbhanta

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish serbḟóntaid, serbóntaid (compare modern Irish searbhónta), based on Anglo-Norman servaunt. === Pronunciation === (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈʃaˈravɔn̪ˠt̪/ (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛˈravanʌ/ (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛˈrɛ.ən̪ˠt̪ʰ(ə)/ (South Argyll) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛrɑn̪ˠt̪ə/ === Noun === searbhanta m or f (genitive singular searbhanta, plural searbhantan) servant Synonym: seirbhiseach ==== Derived terms ==== bana-shearbhanta (“(female) servant”) ==== Related terms ==== seirbheis f (“service”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “serb(ḟ)óntaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language