sóer

See also: soer and sör

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *suwiros, from *su- (“good”) +‎ *wiros (“man”). Compare Sanskrit सुवीर (suvī́ra-, “heroic”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soːi̯r/

Adjective

sóer

  1. free

Inflection

o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sóer sóer sóer
vocative soír*
sóer**
accusative sóer soír
genitive soír soíre soír
dative sóer soír sóer
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative soír sóera
vocative sóeru
sóera†
accusative sóeru
sóera†
genitive sóer
dative sóeraib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: saor
  • Manx: seyr
  • Scottish Gaelic: saor

Noun

sóer m (genitive soír, nominative plural soír)

  1. freeman
  2. noble

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative sóer sóerL soírL
vocative soír sóerL sóeruH
accusative sóerN sóerL sóeruH
genitive soírL sóer sóerN
dative sóerL sóeraib sóeraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of sóer
radical lenition nasalization
sóer ṡóer sóer

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

References

  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “soer”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume R S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page S-162f.

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