sinsersiur

Old Irish

Etymology

sinser +‎ siur

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsʲinsʲerˌhi.ur/

Noun

sinserṡiur f (genitive sinserṡethar, nominative plural sinserṡethir)

elder sister
- “Erchoitmed ingine gulidi inso”, § 7

Inflection

Feminine r-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sinserṡiur	sinserṡiair^L, sinserṡieir^L	sinserṡethir
vocative	sinserṡiur	sinserṡiair^L, sinserṡieir^L	sinserṡethra^H
accusative	sinserṡiair^N, sinserṡieir^N	sinserṡiair^L, sinserṡieir^L	sinserṡethra^H
genitive	sinserṡethar	sinserṡethar^L	sinserṡethar^N
dative	sinserṡiair^L, sinserṡieir^L	sinserṡethraib	sinserṡethraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Coordinate terms

sinserbráthair

Mutation

Mutation of *sinsersiur*
radical	lenition	nasalization
sinsersiur	ṡinsersiur	sinsersiur

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

Further reading

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