is fheàirrde

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • (North Uist) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛːrˠʃtʲ/[1], [ˈʃɛːrˠʂtʲ]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈʃæːr̥ˠtʲ(ə)/[2]

Phrase

is fheàirrde (past/conditional b' fheàirrde)

  1. to be the better of, to be better off for
    's fheàirrde duine gàire ― laughter is good for you (literally, “a man is better off for laughing”)
    chan fheàirrde thu siud ― you are not the better of that, that does you no good

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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