tachair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From to- +‎ car (“to turn”). Related to Manx taghyr (“to happen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰaːxɪɾʲ/

Verb

tachair (past thachair, future tachraidh or tachairidh, verbal noun tachairt, past participle tachairte)

1. happen, occur, take place
2. meet

Synonyms

• turchair

Derived terms

• tachair air

References

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