síor-
Irish
Etymology
From síor (“eternal, perpetual; continual”), from Old Irish sír (“lasting, constant”) (compare Manx sheer-, Scottish Gaelic sìor-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃiːɾˠ/
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Prefix
síor-
Derived terms
- síorchaint f (“(act of) talking continually; never-ending talk”)
- síorghnách (“commonplace, humdrum”, adjective)
Related terms
- síoraí (“eternal, perpetual; unceasing, continual; constant, persevering”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| síor- | shíor- after an, tsíor- |
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) “síor-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language