sìor

See also: sior, síor-, siôr, and siör

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sír (comparative sía). Cognate with Welsh hir, Cornish hir, Breton hir, and Latin sēra (“late”) (> French soir (“evening”), Italian sera (“evening”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiəɾ/

Adjective

sìor

  1. continual
  2. continuous, incessant

Usage notes

  • Usually used adverbially, preceding and leniting the verbal noun:
    a' sìor fhàs nas soilleire ― continually becoming clearer
    liosta a' sìor fhàs ― a growing list
    a' sìor dhol am meud ― continually growing in size
    a' sìor mheudachadh ― increasing steadily

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of sìor
radical lenition
sìor shìor
after "an", t-sìor

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

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