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
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “accarsóit” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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