ceàrnach
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish cernach (“angular, having corners”). By surface analysis, ceàrn (“corner”) + -ach.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ceàrnach (genitive singular masculine ceàrnaich)
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| ceàrnach | cheàrnach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “ceàrnach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cernach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language