derbsiur

Middle Irish

Etymology

derb- +‎ siur (“sister”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲerʲvʲ.hiu̯r/, [ˈdʲerʲɸʲiu̯r]

Noun

derbṡiur f

1. sister (by blood)
2. (Christianity) sister (in a religious community)

Inflection

Feminine r-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	derbṡiur	derbṡiairL	derbṡethir
Vocative	derbṡiur	derbṡiairL	derbṡethraH
Accusative	derbṡiairN	derbṡiairL	derbṡethraH
Genitive	derbṡethar	derbṡetharL	derbṡetharN
Dative	derbṡiair	derbṡethraib	derbṡethraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: deirfiúr

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
derbṡiur	derbṡiur pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	nderbṡiur
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “derbsiur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language