sìor
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish sír (comparative sía). Cognate with Welsh hir, Cornish hir, Breton hir, and Latin sēra (“late”) (> French soir (“evening”), Italian sera (“evening”)).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sìor
Usage notes edit
- Usually used adverbially, preceding and leniting the verbal noun:
- a' sìor fhàs nas soilleire ― continually becoming clearer
- liosta a' sìor fhàs ― a growing list
- a' sìor dhol am meud ― continually growing in size
- a' sìor mheudachadh ― increasing steadily
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
sìor | shìor after "an", t-sìor |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |