derbsiur

Middle Irish

Etymology

derb- +‎ siur (“sister”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲerʲvʲ.hiu̯r/, [ˈdʲerʲɸʲiu̯r]

Noun

derbṡiur f

1. sister (by blood)
2. (Christianity) sister (in a religious community)

Inflection

Feminine r-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	derbṡiur	derbṡiairL	derbṡethir
vocative	derbṡiur	derbṡiairL	derbṡethraH
accusative	derbṡiairN	derbṡiairL	derbṡethraH
genitive	derbṡethar	derbṡetharL	derbṡetharN
dative	derbṡiair	derbṡethraib	derbṡethraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: deirfiúr

Mutation

Mutation of derbsiur

radical	lenition	nasalization
derbṡiur	derbṡiur pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	nderbṡiur

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “derbsiur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language