siur
See also: siúr
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *swesūr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation
Noun
siur f (genitive sethar, nominative plural sethir)
Declension
Feminine r-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | siur | siairL, sieirL | sethir |
Vocative | siur | siairL, sieirL | sethraH |
Accusative | siairN, sieirN | siairL, sieirL | sethraH |
Genitive | sethar | setharL | setharN |
Dative | siairL, sieirL | sethraib | sethraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
siur | phiur, fiur | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Note: Old Irish s, when from Proto-Celtic *sɸ- and *sw-, was lenited as /f/ (spelled ⟨ph⟩ or ⟨f⟩), rather than the usual /h/ (spelled ⟨ṡ⟩).
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “siur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish feminine nouns
- Old Irish r-stem nouns
- sga:Female family members