mearachd
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editPossibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mert- (“miss, fail”) (whence Ancient Greek ἁμαρτάνω (hamartánō, “to miss the mark”)).[1] Also compare brath (“treason, betrayal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmearachd f (genitive singular mearachd, plural mearachdan)
Synonyms
editMutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
mearachd | mhearachd |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “mearachd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN