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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish écsamail (“strange, peculiar”) + -ta.[1] Compare also Middle Irish écsamalta (“diverse, different”).[2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
éagsamhalta
- nameless (unable to be described or expressed)
- strange (not normal)
- extraordinary (not ordinary)
Synonyms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “écsamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “écsamalta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 426, page 138
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