mì-cheanalta

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From mì- (negative prefix) +‎ ceanalta (“kind, mild, amiable; polite, genteel”).

Adjective

mì-cheanalta

  1. unamiable, unbecoming, ungenteel, unseemly

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

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mì-cheanalta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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