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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish derbṡiur, from derb (“certain”) + siur (“sister”), from Proto-Celtic *swesūr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲəˈfˠuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled driofúr)
- (Cork) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲəˈfʲuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled drifiúr, only some speakers)
- (Waterford) IPA(key): /dʲɛɾʲəˈfˠuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled deiriofúr)
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲauhəɾˠ/ (as if spelled dreabhthar), (less often) /ˈdʲɾʲɛhuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled dreithiúr)
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲauɾˠ/ (as if spelled dreabhar)
- (West Connemara, South Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɛhuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled dreithiúr)
- (Achill, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲəfʲəɾˠ/ (as if spelled deirfear)
- (Erris) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲəhuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled deirthiúr)
Noun
deirfiúr f (genitive singular deirféar, nominative plural deirfiúracha)
- sister
Declension
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Mutation
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Lenition
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deirfiúr
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dheirfiúr
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ndeirfiúr
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 269
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 319, page 112
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deirfiúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “derbsiur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language