ceàrn

See also: cearn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish cern (“angle, corner, recess”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cʰaːrˠn̪ˠ/

Noun

ceàrn m (genitive singular ceàrna, plural ceàrnan)

  1. (geometry) angle
  2. corner (internal)
  3. area, district, region

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of ceàrn
radical lenition
ceàrn cheàrn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cern”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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