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
Noun
piuthar f (genitive singular peathar, plural peathraichean)
Derived terms
- piuthar-athar (“paternal aunt”)
- piuthar-chèile (“sister-in-law”)
- piuthar-màthar (“maternal aunt”)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
piuthar | phiuthar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Categories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Primitive Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns
- gd:Family
- gd:Female