mì-cheanalta

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From mì- (negative prefix) +‎ ceanalta (“kind, mild, amiable; polite, genteel”).

Adjective

mì-cheanalta

1. unamiable, unbecoming, ungenteel, unseemly

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
mì-cheanalta	mhì-cheanalta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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