Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From mì- (negative prefix) +‎ eireachdail (handsome, beauteous, comely, seemly, graceful, fair; decent, becoming, proper).

Adjective edit

mì-eireachdail

  1. ungenteel, unseemly

Related terms edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
mì-eireachdail mhì-eireachdail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mì-eireachdail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN