ceàrn
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish cern (“angle, corner, recess”).
Noun edit
ceàrn m (genitive singular ceàrna, plural ceàrnan)
Derived terms edit
- ceàrn caol (“acute angle”)
- ceàrn ceart (“right angle”)
- ceàrn farsaing (“obtuse angle”)
- ceàrn fosgailte (“reflex angle”)
- ceàrnach (“square”)
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| ceàrn | cheàrn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cern”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language