seòrsa

See also: seorsa

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From English sort. Compare Irish sórt (“kind, variety”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔːrˠs̪ə/

Noun

seòrsa m (genitive singular seòrsa, plural seòrsaichean or seòrsachan)

1. sort, type, kind, category
2. breed, genus, species, tribe
3. gender, sex

Particle

seòrsa

1. like (approximate quotation)

   bha mi... seòrsa... chan eil fhios 'am ― I was, like, "I don't know"

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
seòrsa	sheòrsa after "an", t-seòrsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “seòrsa”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN