seòrsa

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See also: seorsa

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From English sort. Compare Irish sórt (“kind, variety”).

Pronunciation

Noun

seòrsa m (genitive singular seòrsa, plural seòrsaichean or seòrsachan)

  1. sort, type, kind, category
  2. breed, genus, species, tribe
  3. gender, sex

Particle

seòrsa

  1. like (approximate quotation)
    bha mi... seòrsa... chan eil fhios 'am ― I was, like, "I don't know"

Mutation

Mutation of seòrsa
radical lenition
seòrsa sheòrsa
after "an", t-seòrsa

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) “seòrsa”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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