mì-eireachdail

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From mì- (negative prefix) +‎ eireachdail (handsome, beauteous, comely, seemly, graceful, fair; decent, becoming, proper).

Adjective

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mì-eireachdail

  1. ungenteel, unseemly
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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
mì-eireachdail mhì-eireachdail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mì-eireachdail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN