soir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French soir, from earlier seir, from Latin sērō (“late”, adverb), from sērus (“late”).

Pronunciation

Noun

soir m (plural soirs)

  1. evening

Derived terms

See also

Verb

soir (defective)

  1. post-1990 spelling of seoir

Conjugation

Conjugation of soir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple soir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple séant or seyant
compound ayant + past participle
past participle sis
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sieds sieds sied seyons seyez siéent
imperfect seyais seyais seyait seyions seyiez seyaient
past historic2 sis sis sit sîmes sîtes sirent
future siérai siéras siéra siérons siérez siéront
conditional siérais siérais siérait siérions siériez siéraient
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present siée siées siée — — siéent
imperfect2 — — — — — —
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sieds — seyons seyez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).


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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sair. Variant of the synonym an ear, from Old Irish an air (“from before”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

soir

  1. east, eastern (static position)

Adverb

soir

  1. east, eastward

Usage notes

  • This word refers only to an ultimate destination of movement (i.e., "to the east").
  • The adjective is indeclinable in Irish

See also

Irish adverbs of direction and position
point of reference motion toward stationary
position at		 stationary position
on the indicated side		 motion from
above, up suas thuas lastuas anuas
below, down síos thíos laistíos aníos
east soir thoir lastoir anoir
west/back siar thiar laistiar aniar
north ó thuaidh thuaidh lastuaidh aduaidh
south ó dheas theas laisteas aneas
northeast soir ó thuaidh thoir thuaidh — anoir aduaidh
northwest siar ó thuaidh thiar thuaidh — aniar aduaidh
southeast soir ó dheas thoir theas — anoir aneas
southwest siar ó dheas thiar theas — aniar aneas
over there sall thall lastall anall
over here — — — anonn
inside isteach istigh laistigh —
outside amach amuigh lasmuigh —

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 89, page 36

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French soir. Compare the inherited Occitan form ser, seir.

Noun

soir m (plural soirs)

  1. evening

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier seir, from Latin sērō (“late”, adverb), from sērus (“late”).

Noun

soir oblique singular, m (oblique plural soirs, nominative singular soirs, nominative plural soir)

  1. evening

Descendants

  • French: soir
  • Norman: sei
  • Picard: soir

Picard

Etymology

From Old French soir, from earlier seir, from Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”).

Noun

soir m

  1. evening
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