acarsaid

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish accarsóit (anchorage), borrowed from Old Norse [Term?].

Noun[edit]

acarsaid f (genitive singular acarsaide, plural acarsaidean)

  1. (nautical) port, harbour, haven; anchorage, mooring
    Synonyms: cala, port

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
acarsaid n-acarsaid h-acarsaid t-acarsaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “acarsaid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “accarsóit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language