ceart

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /caɾˠt̪ˠ/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /cæɾˠt̪ˠ/

Adjective

ceart (genitive singular masculine cirt, genitive singular feminine cirte, plural cearta, comparative cirte)

Declension

Declension of ceart

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	ceart	cheart	cearta; chearta²
Vocative	chirt	cheart	cearta
Genitive	chirt	cirte	cearta	ceart
Dative	ceart; cheart¹	cheart; chirt (archaic)	cearta; chearta²
Comparative	níos cirte
Superlative	is cirte

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Antonyms

(just, fair, rightful): aincheart

Derived terms

aincheart (“unjust”)
ceart go leor (“all right”)
ceartaigh (“to correct”)
ceartchreideamh (“orthodoxy”)
ceartchreidmheacht

Noun

ceart m (genitive singular cirt, nominative plural cearta)

Declension

Declension of ceart

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ceart	cearta
Vocative	a chirt	a chearta
Genitive	cirt	ceart
Dative	ceart	cearta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ceart	na cearta
Genitive	an chirt	na gceart
Dative	leis an gceart don cheart	leis na cearta

Synonyms

Antonyms

éigeart

Derived terms

aincheart (“injustice”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceart	cheart	gceart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 cert” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
"ceart" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʲʰarˠʃt/, /ˈkʲʰarˠst/

Noun

ceart m (genitive singular ceirt, plural ceartan)

right

Adjective

ceart (comparative ceirte)

accurate, correct, right (as opposed to left or incorrect), true, even-handed
honest, proper
just, upright, fair, in order, same
very

Declension

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative	ceart	cheart	cearta
Vocative	cheirt	cheirt	ceart
Genitive	cheirt	cheirt/ceirte	ceart
Dative	cheart	cheirt	ceart

Synonyms

(not left): deas

Antonyms

ceàrr
(not left): clì

Derived terms

Terms derived from ceart

a cheart cho (“just as”)
a cheart cho math (“as well, to the same effect”)

ceàrn ceart (“right angle”)
cuir ceart (“to correct”)

os-cheart (“hypercorrect”)
os-cheartachadh (“hypercorrectness”)

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