mì-cheanalta

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From mì- (negative prefix) +‎ ceanalta (“kind, mild, amiable; polite, genteel”).

Adjective

mì-cheanalta

unamiable, unbecoming, ungenteel, unseemly

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
mì-cheanalta	mhì-cheanalta
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

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