carson

See also: Carson

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • c'arson

Etymology

Contraction of cia ar son, from son (“sake of”) +‎ cé / cia +‎ air. See also airson.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /kʰɔrˠˈs̪ɔn/, [kʰɔɽˈʂɔn][1]
  • (Uist) IPA(key): /kʰarˠˈs̪ɔn/[2]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [kʰaˈs̪ˠɔ̝n][3]

Usage notes

The stress of this word is on the second syllable, which is unusual in Scottish Gaelic. This is due to the word being formed from a compound, which is now merely written as a single word - an orthographic choice with no hyphenation.

Adverb

carson (followed by an indirect relative clause)

  1. why, wherefore

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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