seir

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *(ʃ)-sin² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꌌ (sip), Burmese အသည်း (a.sany:), Drung pvshin, Old Chinese 辛 (OC *[s]i[n]), Tibetan མཆིན (mchin), S'gaw Karen သူၣ် (thoò), Tedim Chin sin³, Chepang सीन्‍ह् (sinh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [se²¹]

Noun

seir 

  1. (Yao'an) liver

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

seir

  1. alternative form of sere (“dry”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

seir

  1. alternative form of sere (“differing”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

seir

  1. imperative of seire

Old French

Noun

seir oblique singular, m (oblique plural seirs, nominative singular seirs, nominative plural seir)

  1. alternative form of soir
    • c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
      Vengez voz fi[l]z, voz freres e voz heirs,
      Qu’en Rencesvals furent morz l’altre seir
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sɸerā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʲerʲ/

Noun

seir f

  1. heel

Inflection

Feminine t-stem
singular dual plural
nominative seir seirithL, seir seirith
vocative seir seirithL, seir seirthea
accusative seirithN seirithL, seir seirthea
genitive seireth seireth seirethN
dative seirithL seirthib seirthib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: seir

Mutation

Like siur (“sister”), this term lenited with /f/, spelled ph or f, instead of the typical /h/, in this case due to its descent from Proto-Celtic sɸ-.

Mutation of seir
radical lenition nasalization
seir pheir, feir seir

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

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سیر (seyr, seyir), from Arabic سَيْر (sayr).

Noun

seir n (plural seiruri)

  1. show
  2. view, sight

Declension

Declension of seir
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative seir seirul seiruri seirurile
genitive-dative seir seirului seiruri seirurilor
vocative seirule seirurilor

References

  • seir in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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