Greenlandic

Affix

siar

1. used to express a quality of being slightly in one direction

   tunuaamitsiarit!

   Move a little backwards!

   ungasiarpoq

   He is rather far away.

Ingrian

Etymology

From a Baltic language; compare Lithuanian sesuo.

Noun

siar ‎(genitive sissaaren, partitive siaart)

1. sister

Declension

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish síar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiəɾˠ/

Adjective

siar

1. (destination) westerly, to the west

Adverb

siar

1. west, westward
2. back, to the rear
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:

     Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.

     A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.

Usage notes

• This word refers only to an ultimate destination of movement (i.e., "to the west").
• The adjective is indeclinable in Irish

See also

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

siar

1. western, west

Synonyms

• an iar

Antonyms

• sear

Derived terms

• An Cuan Siar

West Coast Bajau

Noun

siar

1. shrimp (decapod crustacean)

Synonyms

• odang