siúr

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

Related terms

• deirfiúr

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

• “siur” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “siúr” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 649.
• "siúr" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.