seir
Lolopo
Etymology
From Proto-Loloish *(ʃ)-sin² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꌌ (sip), Burmese အသည်း (a.sany:), Drung pvshin, Old Chinese 辛 (OC *[s]i[n]), Tibetan མཆིན (mchin), S'gaw Karen သူၣ် (thoò), Tedim Chin sin³, Chepang सीन्ह् (sinh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [se²¹]
Noun
seir
- (Yao'an) liver
Middle English
Noun
seir
- Alternative form of sere (“dry”)
Adjective
seir
- Alternative form of sere (“differing”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
seir
- imperative of seire
Old French
Noun
seir m (oblique plural seirs, nominative singular seirs, nominative plural seir)
- Alternative form of soir
- circa 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
- Vengez voz fi[l]z, voz freres e voz heirs,
Qu’en Rencesvals furent morz l’altre seir- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sɸerā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʲerʲ/
Noun
seir f
- heel
Inflection
| Feminine t-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | seir | seirithL, seir | seirith |
| Vocative | seir | seirithL, seir | seirthea |
| Accusative | seirithN | seirithL, seir | seirthea |
| Genitive | seireth | seireth | seirethN |
| Dative | seirithL | seirthib | seirthib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: seir
- Irish: seir
Mutation
Like siur (“sister”), this term lenited with /f/, spelled ph or f, instead of the typical /h/, in this case due to its descent from Proto-Celtic sɸ-.
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| seir | pheir, feir | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “seir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language