deirfiúr
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
| PIE word |
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| *dóru |
From Old Irish derbṡiur, from derb (“certain”) + siur (“sister”), from Proto-Celtic *swesūr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation edit
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲəˈfˠuːɾˠ/[1] (as if spelled driofúr)
- (Cork) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲəˈfʲuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled drifiúr, only some speakers)
- (Waterford) IPA(key): /dʲɛɾʲəˈfˠuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled deiriofúr)
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲauhəɾˠ/ (as if spelled dreabhthar), (less often) /ˈdʲɾʲɛhuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled dreithiúr)
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲauɾˠ/ (as if spelled dreabhar)
- (West Connemara, South Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɛhuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled dreithiúr)
- (Achill) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲəfʲəɾˠ/ (as if spelled deirfear)
- (Erris) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲəhuːɾˠ/ (as if spelled deirthiúr)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲəfʲaɾˠ/, /ˈdʲɛɾʲəfʲəɾˠ/ (as if spelled deirfeár or deirfear)
Noun edit
deirfiúr f (genitive singular deirféar, nominative plural deirfiúracha)
Declension edit
Declension of deirfiúr
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Coordinate terms edit
- deartháir (“brother”)
Derived terms edit
- deirfiúirín m (“heath milkwort”)
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deirfiúr | dheirfiúr | ndeirfiúr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deirfiúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “derbsiur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language