Sibéir

Irish

Etymology

From Russian Сиби́рь (Sibírʹ).

Proper noun

An tSibéir f (genitive na Sibéire)

1. Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia)

Declension

Declension of Sibéir

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative Sibéir Sibéira Vocative a Shibéir a Shibéira Genitive Sibéire Sibéir Dative Sibéir Sibéira

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tSibéir na Sibéira Genitive na Sibéire na Sibéir Dative leis an tSibéir don tSibéir leis na Sibéira

Derived terms

• Sibéarach (“Siberian”, adjective)
• Sibéarach m (“Siberian”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Sibéir	Shibéir after an, tSibéir	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Siberia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sibéir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm