mì-eireachdail

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From mì- (negative prefix) +‎ eireachdail (“handsome, beauteous, comely, seemly, graceful, fair; decent, becoming, proper”).

Adjective

mì-eireachdail

  1. ungenteel, unseemly

Mutation

Mutation of mì-eireachdail
radical lenition
mì-eireachdail mhì-eireachdail

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

Further reading

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