spaidsear

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse spázera (to stroll), from Middle High German spazieren, from Italian spaziare, from Latin spatiāri, present active infinitive of Latin spatior (to go for a walk).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spaidsear m (genitive singular spaidseir, plural spaidsearan)

  1. stroller, rambler

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “spaidsear”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 337
  2. ^ spaidsear” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.