acarsaid

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • achdairseid, acairseid

Etymology

From Middle Irish accarsóit (anchorage), borrowed from Old Norse [Term?].

Noun

acarsaid f (genitive singular acarsaide, plural acarsaidean)

  1. (nautical) port, harbour, haven; anchorage, mooring
    Synonyms: cala, port

Derived terms

  • poll-acarsaid m (bay to anchor ships)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
acarsaidn-acarsaidh-acarsaidt-acarsaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “acarsaid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “accarsóit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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