ceàrn
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cern (“angle, corner, recess”).
Noun
[edit]ceàrn m (genitive singular ceàrna, plural ceàrnan)
Derived terms
[edit]- ceàrn caol (“acute angle”)
- ceàrn ceart (“right angle”)
- ceàrn farsaing (“obtuse angle”)
- ceàrn fosgailte (“reflex angle”)
- ceàrnach (“square”)
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
ceàrn | cheàrn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cern”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language