síoraí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish síraide, sírdaide, sírraide (everlasting, eternal, enduring, constant), from sír (long, lasting, constant) (modern síor).

Adjective

síoraí

  1. eternal, perpetual
  2. unceasing, continual
  3. constant, persevering

Derived terms

  • achrann síoraí (perpetual quarrelling)
  • an bheatha shíoraí (eternal life)
  • an ghlóir shíoraí (eternal glory)
  • An tAthair Síoraí (the Eternal Father)
  • aoibhneas síoraí (eternal happiness)
  • cáin shíoraí (everlasting punishment)
  • damnú síoraí (eternal damnation)
  • go síoraí (for ever)
  • gráin shíoraí (undying hatred, lasting hate)
  • síoraíocht (eternity; permanence, lastingness; constancy; perpetual possession, perpetuity)
  • solas síoraí (eternal light)
  • suaimhneas síoraí (eternal rest)
  • síor (eternal, perpetual; continual, adjective)
  • síor- (perpetual, continual; ever-)
  • síoraigh (perpetuate, transitive verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
síoraí shíoraí
after an, tsíoraí
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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