sinsersiur

Old Irish

Etymology

sinser +‎ siur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʲinsʲerˌhi.ur/

Noun

sinserṡiur f (genitive sinserṡethar, nominative plural sinserṡethir)

1. elder sister
   • “Erchoitmed ingine gulidi inso”, § 7

Inflection

Feminine r-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sinserṡiur	sinserṡiairL, sinserṡieirL	sinserṡethir
vocative	sinserṡiur	sinserṡiairL, sinserṡieirL	sinserṡethraH
accusative	sinserṡiairN, sinserṡieirN	sinserṡiairL, sinserṡieirL	sinserṡethraH
genitive	sinserṡethar	sinserṡetharL	sinserṡetharN
dative	sinserṡiairL, sinserṡieirL	sinserṡethraib	sinserṡethraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Coordinate terms

• sinserbráthair

Mutation

Mutation of sinsersiur

radical	lenition	nasalization
sinserṡiur	ṡinserṡiur	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old 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), “sinser”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language