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

Mutation of acarsaid

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acarsaid	n-acarsaid	h-acarsaid	t-acarsaid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “acarsaid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “accarsóit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language