fradharc

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish rodarc, radarc m (“sight, vision”), with prosthetic f due to the initial r being interpreted as a lenited sequence fhr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾɤ.əɾk/[1]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈfɾɤɾʌxk][2]

Noun

fradharc m (genitive singular fradhairc, plural fradharcan)

  1. sight, power of vision, eyesight
    Synonym: lèirsinn
  2. sight, view, prospect

Derived terms

  • fradharc goirid m (“short-sightedness”)
  • fradharc fada m (“long-sightedness”)
  • fradharc leth-shùileach m (“monocular vision”)
  • fradharc dà-shùileach m (“binocular vision”)

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. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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