ceart
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ceart (genitive singular masculine cirt, genitive singular feminine cirte, plural cearta, comparative cirte)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “just, fair, rightful”): aincheart
Derived terms
[edit]- aincheart (“unjust”)
- ceart go leor (“all right”)
- ceartaigh (“to correct”)
- ceartchreideamh (“orthodoxy”)
- ceartchreidmheacht
- neamhcheart (“incorrect”)
Noun
[edit]ceart m (genitive singular cirt, nominative plural cearta)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ceart
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- aincheart (“injustice”)
Mutation
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 44, page 23
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 102, page 40
Further reading
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkʲʰarˠʃt̪/, /ˈkʲʰarˠs̪t̪/
- (Lewis, Harris, Uist, Skye, Wester Ross, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkʲʰas̪t̪/
- (Barra, Tiree, colloquial) IPA(key): [ˈkʲʰæs̪ˠt̪][1]
- (Islay, Kintyre, Arran) IPA(key): /ˈkʲʰarˠt̪/
Noun
[edit]ceart m (genitive singular ceirt, plural ceartan)
Adjective
[edit]ceart (genitive singular masculine ceirt, genitive singular feminine ceirte, nominative plural cearta, comparative ceirte)
- accurate, correct, right (as opposed to incorrect), true, even-handed
- right (as opposed to left)
- honest, proper
- just, upright, fair, in order, same
- very
Declension
[edit]Declension of ceart (type I adjective)
Synonyms
[edit]- (not left): deas
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- a cheart cho (“just as”)
- a cheart cho math (“as well, to the same effect”)
- ceàrn ceart (“right angle”)
- ceart gu leòr (“okay”)
- cuir ceart (“correct”, verb)
- mì-cheart (“incorrect”)
- os-cheart (“hypercorrect”)
- os-cheartachadh (“hypercorrectness”)
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
ceart | cheart |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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