acras

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish occoras.

Pronunciation

Noun

acras m (genitive singular acrais, plural (rare) acrasan)

  1. hunger
    Tha an t-acras orm. ― I am hungry. (literally, “There is the hunger on me.”)
    is math an còcaire an t-acras (proverb) ― hunger is a good sauce (literally, “hunger is a good cook”)
  2. (dated) famine

References

  1. ^ 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 57
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 253
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 116
  4. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 360
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “acras”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “acras” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
  • “acras”, in LearnGaelic - Dictionary, 2021
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