ceart

Irish

Etymology

Category:Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CEARTCategory:Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *krey-#CEART

From Old IrishCategory:Irish terms derived from Old Irish#CEART cert, from LatinCategory:Irish terms derived from Latin#CEART certus.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

ceart (genitive singular masculine cirt, genitive singular feminine cirte, plural cearta, comparative cirte)Category:Irish lemmas#CEARTCategory:Irish adjectives#CEARTCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#CEARTCategory:Pages with entries#CEARTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CEART

  1. right, correct
  2. just, fair, rightful
  3. true, honest
  4. authentic

Declension

Declension of ceart
Positive singular plural
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.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “just, fair, rightful”): aincheart

Derived terms

Noun

ceart m (genitive singular cirt, nominative plural cearta)Category:Irish lemmas#CEARTCategory:Irish nouns#CEARTCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#CEARTCategory:Irish masculine nouns#CEARTCategory:Pages with entries#CEARTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CEART

  1. (lawCategory:ga:Law#CEART) a right
  2. justice
  3. truth, honesty

Declension

Antonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceart
radical lenition eclipsis
ceart cheart gceart

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
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 cert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 44, page 23
  3. ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 170
  4. ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 102, page 40
  5. ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 226, page 42

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old IrishCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish#CEARTCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish#CEART cert, from LatinCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Latin#CEART certus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ceart m (genitive singular ceirt, plural ceartan)Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#CEARTCategory:Scottish Gaelic nouns#CEARTCategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#CEARTCategory:Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns#CEARTCategory:Pages with entries#CEARTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CEARTCategory:gd-noun 2

  1. right

Adjective

ceart (genitive singular masculine ceirt, genitive singular feminine ceirte, nominative plural cearta, comparative nas ceirte, superlative as ceirte)Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#CEARTCategory:Scottish Gaelic adjectives#CEARTCategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#CEARTCategory:Pages with entries#CEARTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CEART

  1. accurate, correct, right (as opposed to incorrect), true, even-handed
  2. right (as opposed to left)
  3. honest, proper
  4. just, upright, fair, in order, same
  5. very

Declension

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of ceart
radical lenition
ceartcheart

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

References

  1. ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. 1 2 3 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 134
  4. ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  6. ↑ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 138
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