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Irish
Etymology
A minced oath for a Thiarna (“oh Lord”).
Pronunciation
Interjection
a thiarcais
- my goodness, good heavens
References
- ^ “chiacais”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciarcais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- ^ “thiarcais”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 342, page 117
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