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siosúr

siosúr

Irish

Noun

siosúr m ‎(genitive singular siosúir, nominative plural siosúir)

scissors

Declension

Declension of siosúr

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	siosúr	siosúir
Vocative	a shiosúir	a shiosúra
Genitive	siosúir	siosúr
Dative	siosúr	siosúir

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an siosúr	na siosúir
Genitive	an tsiosúir	na siosúr
Dative	leis an siosúr don siosúr	leis na siosúir

Derived terms

Terms derived from siosúr

binn siosúir f ‎(“blade of scissors”)
gob siosúir m ‎(“scissor-bill; beak-nosed person”)
greim an tsiosúir m ‎(“scissors hold”)

siosúr ingne m ‎(“nail-scissors”)
siosúr scealptha m ‎(“pinking shears”)

siosúr táilliúra m ‎(“cutting-out scissors”)
siosúrtha ‎(“scissors-like, (of tongue) sharp”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
siosúr	shiosúr after an, tsiosúr	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“sisúr” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
"siosúr" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.