sinsersiur

Old Irish

Etymology

sinser +‎ siur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʲinsʲerˌhi.ur/

Noun

sinserṡiur f (genitive sinserṡethar, nominative plural sinserṡethir)

1. elder sister
   • “Erchoitmed ingine gulidi inso”, § 7

Inflection

Feminine r-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sinserṡiur	sinserṡiairL, sinserṡieirL	sinserṡethir
Vocative	sinserṡiur	sinserṡiairL, sinserṡieirL	sinserṡethraH
Accusative	sinserṡiairN, sinserṡieirN	sinserṡiairL, sinserṡieirL	sinserṡethraH
Genitive	sinserṡethar	sinserṡetharL	sinserṡetharN
Dative	sinserṡiairL, sinserṡieirL	sinserṡethraib	sinserṡethraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Coordinate terms

• sinserbráthair

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
sinserṡiur	ṡinserṡiur	unchanged
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), “sinser”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language