iuchair

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish eochair, from Old Irish eochair, from Proto-Celtic *exs-koris, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (turn, curve) (whence Latin curvus).[1] Compare Irish eochair.

Pronunciation

Noun

iuchair f (genitive singular iuchrach, plural iuchraichean)

  1. key (for locking, winding etc)
  2. clef

Declension

Declension of iuchair (type Va feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative iuchair iuchraichean
genitive iuchrach iuchraichean
dative iuchair iuchraichean
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) iuchair (na) h-iuchraichean
genitive (na) h-iuchrach (nan) iuchraichean
dative (an) iuchair (na) h-iuchraichean
vocative iuchair iuchraichean

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
  2. ^ 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