seir

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *(ʃ)-sin² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu (sip), Burmese အသည်း (a.sany:), Drung pvshin, Old Chinese (OC *[s]i[n]), Tibetan མཆིན (mchin), S'gaw Karen သူၣ် (thoò), Tedim Chin sin³, Chepang सीन्‍ह् (sinh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [se²¹]

Noun

seir 

  1. (Yao'an) liver

Middle English

Noun

seir

  1. Alternative form of sere (dry)

Adjective

seir

  1. Alternative form of sere (differing)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

seir

  1. imperative of seire

Old French

Noun

seir oblique singular, m (oblique plural seirs, nominative singular seirs, nominative plural seir)

  1. Alternative form of soir
    • c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
      Vengez voz fi[l]z, voz freres e voz heirs,
      Qu’en Rencesvals furent morz l’altre seir
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sɸerā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʲerʲ/

Noun

seir f

  1. heel

Inflection

Feminine t-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative seir seirithL, seir seirith
Vocative seir seirithL, seir seirthea
Accusative seirithN seirithL, seir seirthea
Genitive seireth seireth seirethN
Dative seirithL seirthib seirthib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: seir

Mutation

Like siur (sister), this term lenited with /f/, spelled ph or f, instead of the typical /h/, in this case due to its descent from Proto-Celtic sɸ-.

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
seir pheir, feir unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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