sibhialta

Irish

Alternative forms

• síbhéalta

Etymology

From Middle Irish síbíalta (“civil”) (compare Scottish Gaelic sìobhalta), from Middle English civil or Old French civil (+ -ta).

Adjective

sibhialta

1. civil
   1. concerning citizens
   2. concerning private property
   3. concerned with public works
   4. polite, courteous

Derived terms

• bille sibhialta m (“civil bill”)
• cearta sibhialta m pl (“civil rights”)
• dlí sibhialta m (“civil law”)
• easumhlaíocht shibhialta f (“civil disobedience”)
• innealtóir sibhialta m (“civil engineer”)
• innealtóireacht shibhialta f (“civil engineering”)
• institiúid sibhialta f (“civil institution”)
• sibhialtach (“civilian”, adjective)
• sibhialtacht f (“civilization; civility”)
• sibhialtach m (“civilian”)
• sibhialtóir m (“civilizer”)
• stádas sibhialta m (“civil status”)
• údarás sibhialta m (“civil authority”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sibhialta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sibhialta	shibhialta after an, tsibhialta	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sibhialta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “síbíalta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sibhialta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sibhialta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025