ceart
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /caɾˠt̪ˠ/
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Adjective
ceart (genitive singular masculine cirt, genitive singular feminine cirte, plural cearta, comparative cirte)
Declension
Declension of ceart
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | ceart | cheart | cearta; chearta² | |
Vocative | chirt | cearta | ||
Genitive | cirte | cearta | ceart | |
Dative | ceart; cheart¹ |
cheart; chirt (archaic) |
cearta; chearta² | |
Comparative | níos cirte | |||
Superlative | is cirte |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Antonyms
- (just, fair, rightful): aincheart
Derived terms
- aincheart (“unjust”)
- ceart go leor (“all right”)
- ceartaigh (“to correct”)
- ceartchreideamh (“orthodoxy”)
- ceartchreidmheacht
Noun
ceart m (genitive singular cirt, nominative plural cearta)
Declension
Declension of ceart
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- aincheart (“injustice”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceart | cheart | gceart |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.
Pronunciation
Noun
ceart m (genitive singular ceirt, plural ceartan)
Adjective
ceart (comparative ceirte)
- accurate, correct, right (as opposed to left or incorrect), true, even-handed
- honest, proper
- just, upright, fair, in order, same
- very
Declension
Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | ceart | cheart | cearta |
Vocative | cheirt | cheirt | ceart |
Genitive | cheirt | cheirt/ceirte | ceart |
Dative | cheart | cheirt | ceart |
Synonyms
- (not left): deas
Antonyms
Derived terms
- a cheart cho math (“as well, to the same effect”)
- a cheart cho (“just as”)
- ceàrn ceart (“right angle”)
- cuir ceart (“to correct”)
- os-cheart (“hypercorrect”)
- os-cheartachadh (“hypercorrectness”)
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- ga:Law
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Latin
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
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