siosúr

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sisúr (“a pair of shears, scissors”), from Anglo-Norman cisoires, from Vulgar Latin *cīsōria, plural of Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”).

Noun

siosúr m (genitive singular siosúir, nominative plural siosúir)

1. scissors

Declension

Declension of siosúr (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative siosúr siosúir vocative a shiosúir a shiosúra genitive siosúir siosúr dative siosúr siosúir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an siosúr na siosúir genitive an tsiosúir na siosúr dative leis an siosúr don siosúr leis na siosúir

Derived terms

• binn siosúir f (“blade of scissors”)
• gob siosúir m (“scissor-bill; beak-nosed person”)
• greim an tsiosúir m (“scissors hold”)
• siosúr ingne m (“nail-scissors”)
• siosúr scealptha m (“pinking shears”)
• siosúr táilliúra m (“cutting-out scissors”)
• siosúrtha (“scissors-like, (of tongue) sharp”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of siosúr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
siosúr	shiosúr after an, tsiosúr	not applicable

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sisúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “siosúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN