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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Contraction of cia (“although”) + eadh (“it”).
Adverb
gidheadh
- (dated) nevertheless, nonetheless, however
- Cànan nan Gàidheal, Murdo MacFarlane:
- Gidheadh, anns na h-Eileanan Siar, / Bi na claidheamh 's na sgiath'n ud dhòirn.
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Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gidheadh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN