ceàrr
See also: cearr
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdjective
editceàrr (comparative ceàrra or ciorra)
Synonyms
edit- (left): clì
Antonyms
editDerived terms
editAdverb
editceàrr (comparative ceàrra or ciorra)
Usage notes
edit- Used with the preposition air:
- Dè tha ceàrr orra? - What's wrong with them?
Mutation
editScottish 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[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ceàrr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN
Categories:
- Latvian etymologies from LEV
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ker- (cut)
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
- Scottish Gaelic adverbs