ceàrr

See also: cearr

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cerr (“crooked, maimed”), from Proto-Celtic *kersos (“maimed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kersos, from a stem *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Cognates
See also Lithuanian sker̃sas (“transverse, crooked”), Old Prussian kerscha, kērschan, kirsa, kirscha, kirschan (“over”), Proto-Slavic *čerzъ < *čersъ (Russian че́рез (čérez, “over, through; transverse, across, crosswise”), Bulgarian чрез (črez)), Ancient Greek ἐπικάρσιος (epikársios, “transverse, crosswise; lateral”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʲʰaːrˠ/

Adjective

ceàrr (comparative ceàrra or ciorra)

  1. wrong, incorrect, immoral, astray
  2. left

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Adverb

ceàrr (comparative ceàrra or ciorra)

  1. wrong

Usage notes
  • Used with the preposition air:
    Dè tha ceàrr orra? - What's wrong with them?

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
ceàrrcheàrr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ceàrr”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Further reading
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ceàrr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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