turchair

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish turchur.

Verb

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turchair (past thurchair, future turchairidh, verbal noun turchairt)

  1. happen, chance
    Thurchair dhaibh a thighinn dhachaigh aig an aon àm.They happened to come home at the same time.
    a thurchair a bhith a' dol seachadwho happened/chanced to be passing by.
    nan turchradh dhuinn a bhithif we happen to be
    Thurchair mi air.I chanced on it / I met him by chance.

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