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See also: Carson
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contraction of cia ar son, from son (“sake of”) + cé / cia + air. See also airson.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /kʰɔrˠˈs̪ɔn/, [kʰɔɽˈʂɔn][1]
- (Uist) IPA(key): /kʰarˠˈs̪ɔn/[2]
- (Barra) IPA(key): [kʰaˈs̪ˠɔ̝n][3]
Usage notes
[edit]The stress of this word on the second syllable, which is unusual in Scottish Gaelic. This is due to the word being formed from a compound, which is now merely written as a single word - an orthographic choice with no hyphenation.
Adverb
[edit]carson
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap