síor-

See also: sior, sìor, siôr, and siör

Irish

Etymology

From síor (“eternal, perpetual; continual”), from Old Irish sír (“lasting, constant”) (compare Manx sheer-, Scottish Gaelic sìor-).

Pronunciation

Prefix

síor-

  1. perpetual, continual
  2. ever-, invariably, always

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_prefixed_with_s%C3%ADor-' title='Category:Irish words prefixed with síor-'>Irish words prefixed with síor-</a>
  • síorchaint f (“(act of) talking continually; never-ending talk”)
  • síorghnách (“commonplace, humdrum”, adjective)
  • síoraí (“eternal, perpetual; unceasing, continual; constant, persevering”, adjective)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
síor- shíor-
after an, tsíor-		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "síor-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “sír” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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