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Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish cerr (“crooked, maimed”), from Proto-Celtic *kersos (“maimed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kersos, from a stem *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Cognates
See also
Lithuanian sker̃sas (“transverse, crooked”),
Old Prussian kerscha,
kērschan,
kirsa,
kirscha,
kirschan (“over”),
Proto-Slavic *čerzъ <
*čersъ (
Russian че́рез (čérez,
“over, through; transverse, across, crosswise”),
Bulgarian чрез (črez)),
Ancient Greek ἐπικάρσιος (epikársios,
“transverse, crosswise; lateral”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ceàrr (comparative ceàrra or ciorra)
- wrong, incorrect, immoral, astray
- left
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Adverb
ceàrr (comparative ceàrra or ciorra)
- wrong
Usage notes
- Used with the preposition air:
- Dè tha ceàrr orra? - What's wrong with them?
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| ceàrr |
cheàrr
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ceàrr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN