ceart
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ceart (genitive singular masculine cirt, genitive singular feminine cirte, plural cearta, comparative cirte)
Declension edit
Declension of ceart
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | ceart | cheart | cearta; chearta² | |
Vocative | chirt | cearta | ||
Genitive | cirte | cearta | ceart | |
Dative | ceart; cheart¹ |
cheart; chirt (archaic) |
cearta; chearta² | |
Comparative | níos cirte | |||
Superlative | is cirte |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “just, fair, rightful”): aincheart
Derived terms edit
- aincheart (“unjust”)
- ceart go leor (“all right”)
- ceartaigh (“to correct”)
- ceartchreideamh (“orthodoxy”)
- ceartchreidmheacht
- neamhcheart (“incorrect”)
Noun edit
ceart m (genitive singular cirt, nominative plural cearta)
Declension edit
Declension of ceart
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- aincheart (“injustice”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceart | cheart | gceart |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 23
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40
Further reading edit
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈkʲʰarˠʃt̪/, /ˈkʲʰarˠs̪t̪/
- (Lewis, Harris, Uist, Skye, Wester Ross, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkʲʰas̪t̪/
- (Barra, Tiree, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkʲʰɛs̪t̪/
- (Islay, Kintyre, Arran) IPA(key): /ˈkʲʰarˠt̪/
Noun edit
ceart m (genitive singular ceirt, plural ceartan)
Adjective edit
ceart (genitive singular masculine ceirt, genitive singular feminine ceirte, nominative plural cearta, comparative ceirte)
- accurate, correct, right (as opposed to incorrect), true, even-handed
- right (as opposed to left)
- honest, proper
- just, upright, fair, in order, same
- very
Declension edit
Declension of ceart (type I adjective)
Synonyms edit
- (not left): deas
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- a cheart cho (“just as”)
- a cheart cho math (“as well, to the same effect”)
- ceàrn ceart (“right angle”)
- ceart gu leòr (“okay”)
- cuir ceart (“correct”, verb)
- mì-cheart (“incorrect”)
- os-cheart (“hypercorrect”)
- os-cheartachadh (“hypercorrectness”)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
ceart | cheart |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *krey-
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- Irish terms derived from Latin
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- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nouns
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