síoraí
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish síraide, sírdaide, sírraide (“everlasting, eternal, enduring, constant”), from sír (“long, lasting, constant”) (modern síor).
Adjective
síoraí
- eternal, perpetual
- unceasing, continual
- 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”)
Related terms
- 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
- "síoraí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “síraide, sírdaide, sírraide” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.