soir
See also: sõir
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French soir, from earlier seir, from Latin sērō (“late”, adverb), from sērus (“late”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Europe) IPA(key): /swaʁ/
audio (France) (file) - (standard Canadian French) IPA(key): /swɑːʁ/
- (Québec: Gaspésie and Acadia) IPA(key): /swɛː(ɾ)/
- (Québec: Montréal, joual) IPA(key): /swɛːʁ/, /sweʁ/
- (Québec: popular, informal) IPA(key): /swɔːʁ/
audio (Quebec) (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): /swar/, [swɒ(ɾ)]
- Homophone: seoir
- Rhymes: -waʁ
Noun edit
soir m (plural soirs)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “soir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish sair. Variant of the synonym an ear, from Old Irish an air (“from before”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠɪɾʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /sˠɛɾʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ʃɛɾʲ/[1] (as if spelled seir)
Adjective edit
soir
Adverb edit
soir
Usage notes edit
- This word refers only to an ultimate destination of movement (i.e., "to the east").
- The adjective is indeclinable in Irish
See also edit
Irish adverbs of direction and position
Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Motion from |
---|---|---|---|
above, up | suas | thuas | anuas |
below, down | síos | thíos | aníos |
east | soir | thoir | anoir |
west/back | siar | thiar | aniar |
north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | aduaidh |
south | ó dheas | theas | aneas |
northeast | soir ó thuaidh | thoir thuaidh | anoir aduaidh |
northwest | siar ó thuaidh | thiar thuaidh | aniar aduaidh |
southeast | soir ó dheas | thoir theas | anoir aneas |
southwest | siar ó dheas | thiar theas | aniar aneas |
over there | sall | thall | anall |
over here | — | — | anonn |
inside | isteach | istigh | — |
outside | amach | amuigh | — |
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 71
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from French soir. Compare the inherited Occitan form ser, seir.
Noun edit
soir m (plural soirs)
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From earlier seir, from Latin sērō (“late”, adverb), from sērus (“late”).
Noun edit
soir oblique singular, m (oblique plural soirs, nominative singular soirs, nominative plural soir)
Descendants edit
Picard edit
Etymology edit
From Old French soir, from earlier seir, from Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”).
Noun edit
soir m