cearr

See also: ceàrr

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cerr (“crooked, maimed”), from Proto-Celtic *kersos (“maimed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ceàrr.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cearr (predicative only)

  1. wrong

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cearr chearr gcearr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰʲaːrˠ/

Adjective

cearr

  1. Alternative form of ceàrr
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