mearachd
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mert- (“miss, fail”) (whence Ancient Greek ἁμαρτάνω (hamartánō, “to miss the mark”)).[1] Also compare brath (“treason, betrayal”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mearachd f (genitive singular mearachd, plural mearachdan)
Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| mearachd | mhearachd |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
[edit]- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “mearachd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN