Hearadh
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Old Norse herað (literally “district”), or perhaps Old Norse hærri (literally “higher”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Na Hearadh f pl
- Harris (an island in Na h-Eileanan Siar council area, Scotland)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: Harris
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- Colin Mark (2003) The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 731
Categories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms borrowed from Old Norse
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Norse
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic proper nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic pluralia tantum
- gd:Islands
- gd:Places in Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland
- gd:Places in Scotland