siosúr

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sisúr (“a pair of shears, scissors”), from Anglo-Norman cisoires, from Vulgar Latin *cīsōria, plural of Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”).

Noun

siosúr m (genitive singular siosúir, nominative plural siosúir)

1. scissors

Declension

Declension of siosúr

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative siosúr siosúir Vocative a shiosúir a shiosúra Genitive siosúir siosúr Dative siosúr siosúir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an siosúr na siosúir Genitive an tsiosúir na siosúr Dative leis an siosúr don siosúr leis na siosúir

Derived terms

• binn siosúir f (“blade of scissors”)
• gob siosúir m (“scissor-bill; beak-nosed person”)
• greim an tsiosúir m (“scissors hold”)
• siosúr ingne m (“nail-scissors”)
• siosúr scealptha m (“pinking shears”)
• siosúr táilliúra m (“cutting-out scissors”)
• siosúrtha (“scissors-like, (of tongue) sharp”, adjective)

 

Mutation

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

References

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