siúr

See also: siur

Irish

Alternative forms
  • siúir

Etymology

From Old Irish siur, 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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative siúr siúracha
Vocative a shiúr a shiúracha
Genitive siúrach siúracha
Dative siúr
siair (archaic, dialectal)		 siúracha

Forms with the definite article

Case 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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
siúr shiúr
after an, tsiúr		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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