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
indefinite
singular plural
nominative piuthar peathraichean
genitive peathar pheathraichean
dative piuthair peathraichean; peathraichibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') phiuthar (na) peathraichean
genitive (na) peathar (nam) peathraichean
dative (a') phiuthair (na) peathraichean; peathraichibh✝
vocative phiuthair pheathraichean

pheathraichean

  • Alternative vocative plural: pheathraichibh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of piuthar
radical lenition
piuthar phiuthar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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