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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ad·condairc, perfect of ad·cí, from the Proto-Celtic stem *derk-, from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (“to see”).
Pronunciation
Verb
chunnaic
- past indicative independent of faic
- Chunnaic sinn taigh. ― We saw a house.
- Chunnaic i tobhta. ― She saw a ruin.
Usage notes
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap