ceàrr

See also: cearr

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• cearr

Etymology

From Old Irish cerr (“crooked, maimed”), from Proto-Celtic *kersos (“maimed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kersos, from a stem *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Cognates

See also Lithuanian sker̃sas (“transverse, crooked”), Old Prussian kerscha, kērschan, kirsa, kirscha, kirschan (“over”), Proto-Slavic *čerzъ < *čersъ (Russian че́рез (čérez, “over, through; transverse, across, crosswise”), Bulgarian чрез (črez)), Ancient Greek ἐπικάρσιος (epikársios, “transverse, crosswise; lateral”).

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /kʲʰaːrˠ/
• (Uist) IPA^(key): /kʲʰɛːrˠ/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [kʲʰæːrˠ]

Adjective

ceàrr (comparative ceàrra or ciorra)

1. wrong, incorrect, immoral, astray
2. left

Synonyms

• (left): clì

Antonyms

• ceart
• (antonym(s) of “left”): deas

Derived terms

• bacan cearr
• bradan-cearr
• cearr'chiall
• cearr-dubhan
• cearr-làmhach
• cearr-loman
• cearr-mharcach
• gob-cearr
• pacach-cearr

 

Adverb

ceàrr (comparative ceàrra or ciorra)

1. wrong

Usage notes

• Used with the preposition air:

  Dè tha ceàrr orra? - What's wrong with them?

Mutation

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

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ceàrr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[3], Stirling, →ISBN