coimhearsnach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish comarsa f (“neighbour; neighbourhood”).

Pronunciation

  • (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɛ̃.ərˠs̪nəx/[1], /ˈkʰɤ̃ĩ.ərˠs̪nəx/[2]
  • (South Argyll) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔ.irˠt̪nəx/, [ˈkʰɔʔirˠt̪nɑx][2]

Noun

coimhearsnach m (genitive singular coimhearsnaich, plural coimhearsnaich)

  1. (southern dialects) neighbour
    Synonym: nàbaidh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 17
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 143
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