turchair
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
turchair (past thurchair, future turchairidh, verbal noun turchairt)
- happen, chance
- Thurchair dhaibh a thighinn dhachaigh aig an aon àm. ― They happened to come home at the same time.
- a thurchair a bhith a' dol seachad ― who happened/chanced to be passing by.
- nan turchradh dhuinn a bhith ― if we happen to be
- Thurchair mi air. ― I chanced on it / I met him by chance.
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “turchur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language