seasgair

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

seasgar

Etymology

From Middle Irish sescar, sescair. Compare Irish seascair.

Adjective

seasgair

at ease, in easy circumstances, quiet, comfortable
snug, warm and dry, cosy
sheltered, protected
soft, effeminate
(weather) settled, still, calm

Derived terms

cho seasgair ri luchag ann an cruach

Noun

seasgair m (genitive singular seasgair, plural seasgairean)

one in comfortable circumstances, cosy person
lazy person
effeminate person
shelter
one who threshes corn by the bulk

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
seascair	sheascair after "an", t-seascair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sescar, sescair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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