beachd
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish bechta (“accuracy, preciseness”); cognate with Irish beacht (“exact position”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]beachd m (genitive singular beachda, plural beachdan)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- beachd-smaoin (“idea; theory”)
- dalm-bheachd (“bigotry”)
- dalm-bheachdaiche (“bigot”)
- dlùth-bheachd
- ionad-beachd (“viewpoint”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| beachd | bheachd |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ 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