piuthar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Back-formation from Old Irish fiur, phiur, lenited form of siur, from Proto-Celtic *swesūr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Old Irish s, when from Primitive Irish *sɸ- (from Proto-Celtic *sw- and *sp-), was lenited as /ɸ/ (spelled <ph> or <f>), but Old Irish s, when not from Primitive Irish *sɸ (< *sw-/*sp-), was lenited as /h/, i.e. */sɸ/ > /s/, but /hɸ/ > /ɸ/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰju.əɾ/

Noun

piuthar f (genitive singular peathar, plural peathraichean)

1. sister, female sibling

Derived terms

• piuthar-athar (“paternal aunt”)
• piuthar-chèile (“sister-in-law”)
• piuthar-màthar (“maternal aunt”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
piuthar	phiuthar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.