seasgair
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish sescar, sescair. Compare Irish seascair.
Adjective edit
seasgair
- at ease, in easy circumstances, quiet, comfortable
- snug, warm and dry, cosy
- sheltered, protected
- soft, effeminate
- (weather) settled, still, calm
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
seasgair m (genitive singular seasgair, plural seasgairean)
- one in comfortable circumstances, cosy person
- lazy person
- effeminate person
- shelter
- one who threshes corn by the bulk
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| seascair | sheascair after "an", t-seascair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sescar, sescair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language