mearachd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mert- (“miss, fail”) (whence Ancient Greek ἁμαρτάνω (hamartánō, “to miss the mark”)).[1] Also compare brath (“treason, betrayal”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛɾəxk/

Noun

mearachd f (genitive singular mearachd, plural mearachdan)

  1. mistake, error

Synonyms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
mearachdmhearachd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “mearachd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
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