siosúr

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sisúr (“a pair of shears, scissors”), from Anglo-Norman cisoires, from Vulgar Latin *cīsōria, plural of Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”).

Noun

siosúr m (genitive singular siosúir, nominative plural siosúir)

  1. scissors

Declension
Declension of siosúr

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative siosúr siosúir
Vocative a shiosúir a shiosúra
Genitive siosúir siosúr
Dative siosúr siosúir

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an siosúr na siosúir
Genitive an tsiosúir na siosúr
Dative leis an siosúr

don siosúr

 leis na siosúir

Derived terms
  • binn siosúir f (“blade of scissors”)
  • gob siosúir m (“scissor-bill; beak-nosed person”)
  • greim an tsiosúir m (“scissors hold”)
  • siosúr ingne m (“nail-scissors”)
  • siosúr scealptha m (“pinking shears”)
  • siosúr táilliúra m (“cutting-out scissors”)
  • siosúrtha (“scissors-like, (of tongue) sharp”, adjective)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
siosúr shiosúr
after an, tsiosúr		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “sisúr” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "siosúr" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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