seir

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Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *(ʃ)-sin² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꌌ (sip), Burmese အသည်း (a.sany:), Drung pvshin, Old Chinese 辛 (OC *i), Tibetan མཆིན (mchin), S'gaw Karen သူၣ် (thoò), Tedim Chin sin³, Chepang सीन्‍ह् (sinh).

Pronunciation

Noun

seir 

  1. (Yao'an) liver

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

seir

  1. Alternative form of sere (“dry”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

seir

  1. Alternative form of sere (“differing”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

seir

  1. imperative of seire

Old French

Noun

seir oblique singular, m (oblique plural seirs, nominative singular seirs, nominative plural seir)

  1. Alternative form of soir

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sɸerā.

Pronunciation

Noun

seir f

  1. heel

Inflection

Feminine t-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative seir seirithL, seir seirith
Vocative seir seirithL, seir seirthea
Accusative seirithN seirithL, seir seirthea
Genitive seireth seireth seirethN
Dative seirithL seirthib seirthib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: seir

Mutation

Like siur (“sister”), this term lenited with /f/, spelled ph or f, instead of the typical /h/, in this case due to its descent from Proto-Celtic sɸ-.

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
seir pheir, feir unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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