piuthar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Back-formation from Old Irish fiur, phiur, lenited form of siur, from Proto-Celtic *swesūr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Old Irish s, when from Primitive Irish *sɸ- (from Proto-Celtic *sw- and *sp-), was lenited as /ɸ/ (spelled ⟨ph⟩ or ⟨f⟩), but Old Irish s, when not from Primitive Irish *sɸ (< *sw-/*sp-), was lenited as /h/, i.e. *sɸ > s, but *hɸ > f.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰju.əɾ/

Noun

piuthar f (genitive singular peathar, plural peathraichean)

  1. sister, female sibling

Declension
Declension of piuthar (type Vb feminine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative piuthar peathraichean
Genitive peathar pheathraichean
Dative piuthar peathraichean
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (a') phiuthar (na) peathraichean
Genitive (na) peathar (nam) peathraichean
Dative (a') phiuthar (na) peathraichean
Vocative (a) phiuthar (a) pheathraichean

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
piutharphiuthar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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