spaidsear

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse spázera (“to stroll”), from Middle High German spazieren, from Italian spaziare, from Latin spatiāri, present active infinitive of Latin spatior (“to go for a walk”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsbadʲʃər/[2]

Noun

spaidsear m (genitive singular spaidseir, plural spaidsearan)

  1. stroller, rambler

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “spaidsear”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page 337
  2. “spaidsear” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
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