carson
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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]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