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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mert- (“miss, fail”) (whence Ancient Greek ἁμαρτάνω (hamartánō, “to miss the mark”)).[1] Also compare brath (“treason, betrayal”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mearachd f (genitive singular mearachd, plural mearachdan)
- mistake, error
Synonyms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “mearachd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN