ceàird

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cerd, from Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from the root *kerd- (craft).

Noun

ceàird f (genitive singular ceàirde, plural ceàirdean)

  1. trade, craft
  2. genitive singular of ceàrd

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ceàird”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cerd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language