coimhearsnach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɛ̃.ərˠs̪nəx/[1]

Noun

coimhearsnach m (genitive singular coimhearsnaich, plural coimhearsnaich)

  1. (southern dialects) neighbour
    Synonym: nàbaidh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), “The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire”, in A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, volume II, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 17
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