cearr

See also: ceàrr

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cerr (“crooked, maimed”), from Proto-Celtic *kersos (“maimed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ceàrr.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /cɑːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /caːɾˠ/

Adjective

cearr (predicative only)

1. wrong

Derived terms

• An Muileann gCearr

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cearr	chearr	gcearr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰʲaːrˠ/

Adjective

cearr

1. Alternative form of ceàrr