sóer

See also: soer and sör

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *su-wiros (good man).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soːi̯r/

Adjective

sóer

  1. free

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sóer sóer sóer
Vocative soír*
sóer**
Accusative sóer soír
Genitive soír soíre soír
Dative sóer soír sóer
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative soír sóera
Vocative sóeru
sóera
Accusative sóeru
sóera
Genitive sóer
Dative sóeraib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: saor
  • Manx: seyr
  • Scottish Gaelic: saor

Noun

sóer m (genitive soír, nominative plural soír)

  1. freeman
  2. noble

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative sóer sóerL soírL
Vocative soír sóerL sóeruH
Accusative sóerN sóerL sóeruH
Genitive soírL sóer sóerN
Dative sóerL sóeraib sóeraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
sóer ṡóer unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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