piuthar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Back-formation from Old Irish fiur, phiur, lenited form of siur, from Proto-Celtic *swesūr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Old Irish s, when from Primitive Irish *sɸ- (from Proto-Celtic *sw- and *sp-), was lenited as /ɸ/ (spelled ⟨ph⟩ or ⟨f⟩), but Old Irish s, when not from Primitive Irish *sɸ (< *sw-/*sp-), was lenited as /h/, i.e. *sɸ > s, but *hɸ > f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰju.əɾ/

Noun

piuthar f (genitive singular peathar, plural peathraichean)

1. sister, female sibling

Declension

Declension of piuthar

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	piuthar	peathraichean
Genitive	peathar	pheathraichean
Dative	piuthair	peathraichean; peathraichibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(a') phiuthar	(na) peathraichean
Genitive	(na) peathar	(nam) peathraichean
Dative	(a') phiuthair	(na) peathraichean; peathraichibh✝
Vocative	phiuthair	pheathraichean

pheathraichean

• Alternative vocative plural: pheathraichibh

Derived terms

• piuthar-athar (“paternal aunt”)
• piuthar-chèile (“sister-in-law”)
• piuthar-màthar (“maternal aunt”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
piuthar	phiuthar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.