ceàrnach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cernach (“angular, having corners”). By surface analysis, ceàrn (“corner”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʲaːrˠn̪ˠəx/

Adjective

ceàrnach (genitive singular masculine ceàrnaich)

1. (geometry) square, quadratic

Derived terms

• camag cheàrnach

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
ceàrnach	cheàrnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ceàrnach”, 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), “1 cernach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language