eadar-dhealachadh

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˌat̪əɾˈʝal̪ˠəxəɣ/[1]

Noun

eadar-dhealachadh m (genitive singular eadar-dhealachaidh, plural eadar-dhealachaidhean)

  1. verbal noun of eadar-dhealaich
  2. (act of) separating, parting, dividing
  3. (act of) distinguishing
  4. difference, distinction
    Synonym: diofar
  5. discrepancy
  6. distance
  7. divorcing
  8. faction
  9. sedition

Derived terms

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “eadar-dhealachadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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