ceàrr
See also: cearr
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish cerr (“crooked, maimed”), from Proto-Celtic *kersos (“maimed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kersos, from a stem *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Cognates
See also Lithuanian sker̃sas (“transverse, crooked”), Old Prussian kerscha, kērschan, kirsa, kirscha, kirschan (“over”), Proto-Slavic *čerzъ < *čersъ (Russian че́рез (čérez, “over, through; transverse, across, crosswise”), Bulgarian чрез (črez)), Ancient Greek ἐπικάρσιος (epikársios, “transverse, crosswise; lateral”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ceàrr (comparative ceàrra or ciorra)
Synonyms edit
- (left): clì
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Adverb edit
ceàrr (comparative ceàrra or ciorra)
Usage notes edit
- Used with the preposition air:
- Dè tha ceàrr orra? - What's wrong with them?
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
ceàrr | cheàrr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ceàrr”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ceàrr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN