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mearachd

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mert- (“miss, fail”) (whence Ancient Greek ἁμαρτάνω (hamartánō, “to miss the mark”)).[1] Also compare brath (“treason, betrayal”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mearachd f (genitive singular mearachd, plural mearachdan)

  1. mistake, error

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutation of mearachd
radical lenition
mearachd mhearachd

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “mearachd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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