ceart

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /caɾˠt̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /cæɾˠt̪ˠ/

Adjective

ceart (genitive singular masculine cirt, genitive singular feminine cirte, plural cearta, comparative cirte)

1. right, correct
2. just, fair, rightful
3. true, honest
4. authentic

Declension

Declension of ceart

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ceart	cheart	cearta; chearta²
Vocative	chirt		cearta
Genitive		cirte	cearta	ceart
Dative	ceart; cheart¹	cheart; chirt (archaic)	cearta; chearta²
Comparative	níos cirte
Superlative	is cirte

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “just, fair, rightful”): aincheart

Derived terms

• aincheart (“unjust”)
• ceart go leor (“all right”)
• ceartaigh (“to correct”)
• ceartchreideamh (“orthodoxy”)
• ceartchreidmheacht
• neamhcheart (“incorrect”)

 

Noun

ceart m (genitive singular cirt, nominative plural cearta)

1. (law) a right
2. justice
3. truth, honesty

Declension

Declension of ceart

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceart cearta Vocative a chirt a chearta Genitive cirt ceart Dative ceart cearta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceart na cearta Genitive an chirt na gceart Dative leis an gceart don cheart leis na cearta

Synonyms

• cion
• cóir
• cothrom
• teideal

Antonyms

• éigeart

Derived terms

• aincheart (“injustice”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceart	cheart	gceart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲʰarˠʃt̪/, /ˈkʲʰarˠs̪t̪/
• (Lewis, Harris, Uist, Skye, Wester Ross, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkʲʰas̪t̪/
• (Barra, Tiree, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkʲʰɛs̪t̪/
• (Islay, Kintyre, Arran) IPA^(key): /ˈkʲʰarˠt̪/

Noun

ceart m (genitive singular ceirt, plural ceartan)

1. right

Adjective

ceart (genitive singular masculine ceirt, genitive singular feminine ceirte, nominative plural cearta, comparative ceirte)

1. accurate, correct, right (as opposed to incorrect), true, even-handed
2. right (as opposed to left)
3. honest, proper
4. just, upright, fair, in order, same
5. very

Declension

Declension of ceart (type I adjective)

	Masculine	Feminine	Plural
Nominative	ceart	cheart	cearta
Genitive	cheirt	ceirte	cearta
Dative	ceart	cheirt	cearta
Vocative	cheirt	cheart	cearta

Synonyms

• (not left): deas

Antonyms

• ceàrr
• mì-cheart
• (antonym(s) of “not left”): clì

Derived terms

• a cheart cho (“just as”)
• a cheart cho math (“as well, to the same effect”)
• ceàrn ceart (“right angle”)
• ceart gu leòr (“okay”)
• cuir ceart (“correct”, verb)
• mì-cheart (“incorrect”)
• os-cheart (“hypercorrect”)
• os-cheartachadh (“hypercorrectness”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
ceart	cheart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.