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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish siur, from Proto-Celtic *swesūr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation
Noun
siúr f (genitive singular siúrach or seathar or siúra, nominative plural siúracha or seathracha)
- sister (nun; a female member of a religious community)
Declension
Alternative archaic or dialectal genitive singular forms: seathar, siúra
Related terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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siúr
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shiúr after an, tsiúr
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not applicable
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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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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “siur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “siúr”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 649
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “siúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN