cearr

See also: ceàrr

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cerr (“crooked, maimed”), from Proto-Celtic *kersos (“maimed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ceàrr and Manx kiare.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cearr (predicative only)

  1. wrong

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cearr
radical lenition eclipsis
cearr chearr gcearr

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

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

cearr

  1. alternative form of ceàrr
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