sìor

See also: sior, síor-, siôr, and siör

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sír (comparative sía). Cognate with Welsh hir, Cornish hir, Breton hir, and Latin sēra (“late”) (> French soir (“evening”), Italian sera (“evening”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiəɾ/

Adjective

sìor

1. continual
2. continuous, incessant

Usage notes

• Usually used adverbially, preceding and leniting the verbal noun:

  a' sìor fhàs nas soilleire ― continually becoming clearer

  liosta a' sìor fhàs ― a growing list

  a' sìor dhol am meud ― continually growing in size

  a' sìor mheudachadh ― increasing steadily

Derived terms

• gu sìor

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
sìor	shìor after "an", t-sìor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.