sònraichte

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sainredach

Adjective

sònraichte

  1. specific, special, notable, particular, novel, certain, remarkable
    • gnothach sònraichte
      • a particular business
    • sluagh sònraichte
      • a peculiar people
    • duine sònraichte
      • a certain or notorious man
    • bha adharc shònraichte aige
      • he had a notable horn
  2. idiosyncratic
  3. appointed, specified, particularized, determined, ordained, foreordained, marked out
    • air an là sònraichte
      • on the appointed day
  4. remarked, noted

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References
  • 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
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
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