siúr

See also: siur

Irish

Alternative forms

  • siúir

Etymology

From Old Irish siur,[1] from Proto-Celtic *swesūr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃuːɾˠ/

Noun

siúr f (genitive singular siúrach or seathar or siúra, nominative plural siúracha or seathracha)

  1. sister (nun; a female member of a religious community)

Declension

Declension of siúr (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative siúr siúracha
vocative a shiúr a shiúracha
genitive siúrach siúracha
dative siúr
siair (archaic, dialectal) 		siúracha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsiúr na siúracha
genitive na siúrach na siúracha
dative leis an tsiúr
leis an tsiair (archaic, dialectal)
don tsiúr
don tsiair (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na siúracha

Alternative archaic or dialectal genitive singular forms: seathar, siúra

Mutation

Mutated forms of siúr
radical lenition eclipsis
siúr shiúr
after an, tsiúr 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “siur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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