ceàrnach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cernach (“angular, having corners”). By surface analysis, ceàrn (“corner”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰʲaːrˠn̪ˠəx/

Adjective

ceàrnach (genitive singular masculine ceàrnaich)

  1. (geometry) square, quadratic

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of ceàrnach
radical lenition
ceàrnach cheàrnach

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ceàrnach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cernach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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