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Iuchair

Iuchair

See also: iuchair

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Iuchair

  1. genitive singular of Iuchar

iuchair

iuchair

See also: Iuchair

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

iuchair f ‎(genitive singular iuchrach, plural iuchraichean)

  1. key (for locking, winding etc)
  2. clef

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References

  1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 217

Etymology

From Middle Irish eochair, from Proto-Celtic *eks-koris, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‎(“turn, curve”) (whence Latin curvus).[1] Compare Irish eochair.

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