síabair

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *seibaris, related to síabraid (“to transform, distort”).

Noun

síabair m

  1. phantom, spectre

Inflection

Masculine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative síabair síabairL síabraiH
vocative síabair síabairL síabraiH
accusative síabairN síabairL síabraiH
genitive síabroH, síabraH síabroH, síabraH síabraeN
dative síabairL síabraib síabraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

References

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “síabair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Williams, Mark (2016): Ireland's Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth
  • Arts & Humanities Research Council (2013): A Supplement to the Dictionary of the Irish Language based mainly on Old and Middle Irish
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