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sir

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English sir, unstressed form of sire, borrowed from Old French sire (“master, sir, lord”), from Latin senior (“older, elder”), from senex (“old”). Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sire.

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Noun

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sir (plural sirs)

  1. A man of a higher rank or position.
  2. A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position, particularly:
    • 1991 May 12, “Kidnapped!”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:
      Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
      B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
      Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.
    1. to a knight or other low member of the peerage.
      Just be careful. He gets whingy now if you don't address him as Sir John.
    2. to a superior military officer.
      Sir, yes sir.
      Coordinate term: ma'am
    3. to a teacher.
      Here's my report, sir.
      Coordinate term: miss
  3. A respectful term of address to an adult male (often older), especially if his name or proper title is unknown.
    Excuse me, sir, do you know the way to the art museum?
    Coordinate terms: madam, ma'am, miss

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Translations

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Verb

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sir (third-person singular simple present sirs, present participle sirring, simple past and past participle sirred)

  1. (transitive, informal) To address another individual using "sir".
    Coordinate terms: ma'am, mam
    Sir, yes, sir! —Don't you sir me, private! I work for a living!

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Ainu

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Noun

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sir (Kana spelling シㇼ)

  1. appearance
  2. earth
  3. land, mountain

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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From English sir.

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sir (Cantonese)

  1. an honorific to a man senior than oneself, especially a teacher or a police officer
    陳sir／陈sir [Cantonese]  ―  can4-2 soe4 [Jyutping]  ―  Mr. Chan
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Etymology 2

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Romanisation of 瀡 (soe4), influenced by spelling of English sir. Not related to English sir semantically.

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sir (Cantonese)

  1. Nonstandard form of 瀡 (soe4).

Irish

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sir (present analytic sireann, future analytic sirfidh, verbal noun sireadh, past participle sirthe)

  1. (literary) travel through, traverse
  2. (literary) seek out, have recourse to
  3. (literary) seek, ask for
    An té a shireas ní ar neach. ― Whoever asks someone for something.
  4. (literary) beseech, implore
    Sirim an tAthair. ― I beseech the Father.

Conjugation

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conjugation of sir (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present sirim sireann tú;
sirir† 		sireann sé, sí sirimid sireann sibh sireann siad;
sirid† 		a shireann; a shireas /
a sireann* 		sirtear
past shir mé; shireas shir tú; shiris shir sé, sí shireamar; shir muid shir sibh; shireabhair shir siad; shireadar a shir /
ar shir* 		sireadh
past habitual shirinn / sirinn‡‡ shirteá / sirteᇇ shireadh sé, sí / sireadh sé, s퇇 shirimis; shireadh muid / sirimis‡‡; sireadh muid‡‡ shireadh sibh / sireadh sibh‡‡ shiridís; shireadh siad / siridís‡‡; sireadh siad‡‡ a shireadh /
a sireadh* 		shirtí / sirt퇇
future sirfidh mé;
sirfead 		sirfidh tú;
sirfir† 		sirfidh sé, sí sirfimid;
sirfidh muid 		sirfidh sibh sirfidh siad;
sirfid† 		a shirfidh; a shirfeas /
a sirfidh* 		sirfear
conditional shirfinn / sirfinn‡‡ shirfeá / sirfeᇇ shirfeadh sé, sí / sirfeadh sé, s퇇 shirfimis; shirfeadh muid / sirfimis‡‡; sirfeadh muid‡‡ shirfeadh sibh / sirfeadh sibh‡‡ shirfidís; shirfeadh siad / sirfidís‡‡; sirfeadh siad‡‡ a shirfeadh /
a sirfeadh* 		shirfí / sirf퇇
subjunctive present go sire mé;
go siread† 		go sire tú;
go sirir† 		go sire sé, sí go sirimid;
go sire muid 		go sire sibh go sire siad;
go sirid† 		— go sirtear
past dá sirinn dá sirteá dá sireadh sé, sí dá sirimis;
dá sireadh muid 		dá sireadh sibh dá siridís;
dá sireadh siad 		— dá sirtí
imperative sirim sir sireadh sé, sí sirimis sirigí;
siridh† 		siridís — sirtear
verbal noun sireadh
past participle sirthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Middle English

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Noun

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sir

  1. Alternative form of sire

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English sir.

Noun

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sir m (uncountable)

  1. sir

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative sir sirul
genitive-dative sir sirului
vocative sirule

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish sirid (“to traverse, seek”). Cognate with Manx shirr.

Verb

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sir (past shir, future siridh, verbal noun sireadh, past participle sirte)

  1. seek, search, look for
    Synonym: lorg

Mutation

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Mutation of sir
radical lenition
sir shir
after "an", t-sir

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *syrъ, derived from "sour milk".

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sȉr m (Cyrillic spelling си̏р)

  1. cheese

Declension

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Declension of sir
singular plural
nominative sȉr sìrevi
genitive sira sireva
dative siru sirevima
accusative sir sireve
vocative siru sirevi
locative siru sirevima
instrumental sirom sirevima

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Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *syrъ, derived from "sour milk".

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sȉr m inan

  1. cheese

Inflection

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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. sìr
gen. sing. síra
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		sìr síra síri
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		síra sírov sírov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		síru síroma sírom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		sìr síra síre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		síru sírih sírih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		sírom síroma síri

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Further reading

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  • “sir”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Uzbek

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Russian сыр (syr).

Noun

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sir (plural sirlar)

  1. cheese
Declension
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Declension of sir
singular plural
nominative sir sirlar
genitive sirning sirlarning
dative sirga sirlarga
definite accusative sirni sirlarni
locative sirda sirlarda
ablative sirdan sirlardan
similative sirdek sirlardek
Possessive forms of sir
my singular plural
nominative sirim sirlarim
genitive sirimning sirlarimning
dative sirimga sirlarimga
definite accusative sirimni sirlarimni
locative sirimda sirlarimda
ablative sirimdan sirlarimdan
similative sirimdek sirlarimdek
your singular plural
nominative siring sirlaring
genitive siringning sirlaringning
dative siringga sirlaringga
definite accusative siringni sirlaringni
locative siringda sirlaringda
ablative siringdan sirlaringdan
similative siringdek sirlaringdek
her/his/its singular plural
nominative siri sirlari
genitive sirining sirlarining
dative siriga sirlariga
definite accusative sirini sirlarini
locative sirida sirlarida
ablative siridan sirlaridan
similative siridek sirlaridek
our singular plural
nominative sirimiz sirlarimiz
genitive sirimizning sirlarimizning
dative sirimizga sirlarimizga
definite accusative sirimizni sirlarimizni
locative sirimizda sirlarimizda
ablative sirimizdan sirlarimizdan
similative sirimizdek sirlarimizdek
your singular plural
nominative siringiz sirlaringiz
genitive siringizning sirlaringizning
dative siringizga sirlaringizga
definite accusative siringizni sirlaringizni
locative siringizda sirlaringizda
ablative siringizdan sirlaringizdan
similative siringizdek sirlaringizdek
their singular plural
nominative siri sirlari
genitive sirining sirlarining
dative siriga sirlariga
definite accusative sirini sirlarini
locative sirida sirlarida
ablative siridan sirlaridan similative siridek sirlaridek
Synonyms
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pishloq

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic سِرّ (sirr).

Noun

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sir (plural sirlar)

  1. secret
Declension
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Declension of sir
singular plural
nominative sir sirlar
genitive sirning sirlarning
dative sirga sirlarga
definite accusative sirni sirlarni
locative sirda sirlarda
ablative sirdan sirlardan
similative sirdek sirlardek
Possessive forms of sir
my singular plural
nominative sirim sirlarim
genitive sirimning sirlarimning
dative sirimga sirlarimga
definite accusative sirimni sirlarimni
locative sirimda sirlarimda
ablative sirimdan sirlarimdan
similative sirimdek sirlarimdek
your singular plural
nominative siring sirlaring
genitive siringning sirlaringning
dative siringga sirlaringga
definite accusative siringni sirlaringni
locative siringda sirlaringda
ablative siringdan sirlaringdan
similative siringdek sirlaringdek
her/his/its singular plural
nominative siri sirlari
genitive sirining sirlarining
dative siriga sirlariga
definite accusative sirini sirlarini
locative sirida sirlarida
ablative siridan sirlaridan
similative siridek sirlaridek
our singular plural
nominative sirimiz sirlarimiz
genitive sirimizning sirlarimizning
dative sirimizga sirlarimizga
definite accusative sirimizni sirlarimizni
locative sirimizda sirlarimizda
ablative sirimizdan sirlarimizdan
similative sirimizdek sirlarimizdek
your singular plural
nominative siringiz sirlaringiz
genitive siringizning sirlaringizning
dative siringizga sirlaringizga
definite accusative siringizni sirlaringizni
locative siringizda sirlaringizda
ablative siringizdan sirlaringizdan
similative siringizdek sirlaringizdek
their singular plural
nominative siri sirlari
genitive sirining sirlarining
dative siriga sirlariga
definite accusative sirini sirlarini
locative sirida sirlarida
ablative siridan sirlaridan similative siridek sirlaridek

Welsh

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle English shire.[1]

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sir f (plural siroedd, not mutable)

  1. county, shire
    Synonym: swydd

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  • sirol (“relating to a county”)

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  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sir”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zay

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Etymology

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Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] (sa:r).

Noun

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sir

  1. grass

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  • Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind, SIL International 2002, p. 6 (sil.org)

Zazaki

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garlic

Etymology

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Compare Persian سیر (sir, “garlic”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsiɾ]
  • Hyphenation: sir

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sir

  1. garlic
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