seasgair

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• seasgar

Etymology

From Middle Irish sescar, sescair. Compare Irish seascair.

Adjective

seasgair

1. at ease, in easy circumstances, quiet, comfortable
2. snug, warm and dry, cosy
3. sheltered, protected
4. soft, effeminate
5. (weather) settled, still, calm

Derived terms

• cho seasgair ri luchag ann an cruach

Noun

seasgair m (genitive singular seasgair, plural seasgairean)

1. one in comfortable circumstances, cosy person
2. lazy person
3. effeminate person
4. shelter
5. one who threshes corn by the bulk

Mutation

Mutation of seascair

radical	lenition
seascair	sheascair after "an", t-seascair

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sescar, sescair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language