síoraí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish síraide, sírdaide, sírraide (“everlasting, eternal, enduring, constant”), from sír (“long, lasting, constant”) (modern síor-).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃiːˈɾˠiː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʃiːɾˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃiːɾˠi/

Adjective

síoraí

  1. eternal, perpetual
  2. unceasing, continual
  3. constant, persevering

Derived terms

  • achrann síoraí (“perpetual quarrelling”)
  • an bheatha shíoraí (“eternal life”)
  • an ghlóir shíoraí (“eternal glory”)
  • An tAthair Síoraí (“the Eternal Father”)
  • aoibhneas síoraí (“eternal happiness”)
  • cáin shíoraí (“everlasting punishment”)
  • damnú síoraí (“eternal damnation”)
  • go síoraí (“for ever”)
  • gráin shíoraí (“undying hatred, lasting hate”)
  • síoraíocht (“eternity; permanence, lastingness; constancy; perpetual possession, perpetuity”)
  • solas síoraí (“eternal light”)
  • suaimhneas síoraí (“eternal rest”)
  • síor (“eternal, perpetual; continual”, adjective)
  • síor- (“perpetual, continual; ever-”)
  • síoraigh (“perpetuate”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of síoraí
radical lenition eclipsis
síoraí shíoraí
after an, tsíoraí 		not applicable

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

Further reading

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