síor-

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See also: sior, sìor, siôr, and siör

Irish

Etymology

From síor (“eternal, perpetual; continual”), from Old Irish sír (“lasting, constant”) (compare Manx sheer-, Scottish Gaelic sìor-).

Pronunciation

Prefix

síor-

  1. perpetual, continual
  2. ever-, invariably, always

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with síor-
síorghlas
  • síorchaint f (“(act of) talking continually; never-ending talk”)
  • síorghnách (“commonplace, humdrum”, adjective)
  • síoraí (“eternal, perpetual; unceasing, continual; constant, persevering”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of síor-
radical lenition eclipsis
síor- shíor-
after an, tsíor- 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 101

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