anabarrach
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]anabarrach
- exceeding, excessive
- Meudaichidh mi thu gu h-anabarrach. ― I will increase you exceedingly. (Sometimes used as an adverb.)
- anabarrach fireanta ― over much righteous
- redundant, superfluous
- desperate, indispensable
- anabarrach aingidh ― desperately wicked
- anabarrach feumail ― indispensably or very necessary
- shocking, terrible
- tip-top, ripping
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| anabarrach | n-anabarrach | h-anabarrach | t-anabarrach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “anabarrach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
- Gaelic Without Groans (Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1962, by John MacKechnie)