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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *seibaris, related to síabraid (“to transform, distort”).
Noun
síabair m
- phantom, spectre
Inflection
| Masculine i-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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síabair
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síabairL
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síabraiH
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| Vocative
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síabair
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síabairL
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síabraiH
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| Accusative
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síabairN
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síabairL
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síabraiH
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| Genitive
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síabroH, síabraH
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síabroH, síabraH
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síabraeN
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| Dative
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síabairL
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síabraib
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síabraib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “síabair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Williams, Mark (2016): Ireland's Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth
- Arts & Humanities Research Council (2013): A Supplement to the Dictionary of the Irish Language based mainly on Old and Middle Irish