iuchair

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish eochair, from Old Irish eochair, from Proto-Celtic *exs-koris, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (turn, curve) (whence Latin curvus).[1] Compare Irish eochair.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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iuchair f (genitive singular iuchrach, plural iuchraichean)

  1. key (for locking, winding etc)
  2. clef

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
  2. ^ 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