síor-
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From síor (“eternal, perpetual; continual”), from Old Irish sír (“lasting, constant”) (compare Manx sheer-, Scottish Gaelic sìor-).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ʃiːɾˠ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ʃiəɾˠ/
- IPA(key): /ʃiːɾʲ/[1]
- Homophone: siar (Cois Fharraige)
Prefix[edit]
síor-
Derived terms[edit]
- síorchaint f (“(act of) talking continually; never-ending talk”)
- síorghnách (“commonplace, humdrum”, adjective)
Related terms[edit]
- síoraí (“eternal, perpetual; unceasing, continual; constant, persevering”, adjective)
Mutation[edit]
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. |
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 101
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “síor-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language