seasgair

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish sescar, sescair. Compare Irish seascair.

Adjective

seasgair

  1. at ease, in easy circumstances, quiet, comfortable
  2. snug, warm and dry, cosy
  3. sheltered, protected
  4. soft, effeminate
  5. (weather) settled, still, calm

Derived terms

Noun

seasgair m (genitive singular seasgair, plural seasgairean)

  1. one in comfortable circumstances, cosy person
  2. lazy person
  3. effeminate person
  4. shelter
  5. one who threshes corn by the bulk

Mutation

Mutation of seascair
radical lenition
seascair sheascair
after "an", t-seascair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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