seòrsa

See also: seorsa

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From English sort. Compare Irish sórt (“kind, variety”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɔːrˠs̪ə/[1][2]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈʃeɔːrˠs̪ʌ/[3]

Noun

seòrsa m (genitive singular seòrsa, plural seòrsaichean or seòrsachan)

  1. sort, type, kind, category
  2. breed, genus, species, tribe
  3. gender, sex

Particle

seòrsa

  1. like (approximate quotation)
    bha mi... seòrsa... chan eil fhios 'am ― I was, like, "I don't know"

Mutation

Mutation of seòrsa
radical lenition
seòrsa sheòrsa
after "an", t-seòrsa

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

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. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 349
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “seòrsa”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN
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