síoraí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish síraide, sírdaide, sírraide (“everlasting, eternal, enduring, constant”), from sír (“long, lasting, constant”) (modern síor-).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃiːˈɾˠiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːɾˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːɾˠi/

Adjective

síoraí

1. eternal, perpetual
2. unceasing, continual
3. constant, persevering

Derived terms

• achrann síoraí (“perpetual quarrelling”)
• an bheatha shíoraí (“eternal life”)
• an ghlóir shíoraí (“eternal glory”)
• An tAthair Síoraí (“the Eternal Father”)
• aoibhneas síoraí (“eternal happiness”)
• cáin shíoraí (“everlasting punishment”)
• damnú síoraí (“eternal damnation”)
• go síoraí (“for ever”)
• gráin shíoraí (“undying hatred, lasting hate”)
• síoraíocht (“eternity; permanence, lastingness; constancy; perpetual possession, perpetuity”)
• solas síoraí (“eternal light”)
• suaimhneas síoraí (“eternal rest”)

 

Related terms

• síor (“eternal, perpetual; continual”, adjective)
• síor- (“perpetual, continual; ever-”)
• síoraigh (“perpetuate”, transitive verb)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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