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单词 scots gaelic
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Scots Gaelicn.adj.

Brit. /ˌskɒts ˈɡalɪk/, /ˌskɒts ˈɡeɪlɪk/, U.S. /ˌskɑts ˈɡeɪlɪk/, /ˌskɑts ˈɡælɪk/
Forms: see Scots adj. and n. and Gaelic n. and adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Scots adj., Gaelic n., Gaelic adj.
Etymology: As noun < Scots adj. + Gaelic n. As adjective < Scots adj. + Gaelic adj. With use as adjective compare earlier Scotch Gaelic adj., Scottish Gaelic adj.
A. n.
= Scottish Gaelic n.Scottish Gaelic is now the preferred term.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Celtic > Goidelic > Scottish
ScottisheOE
Scotsa1500
Irish1508
Erse?a1513
Scotch1612
Gaelic1652
Scots Gaelic1753
Scotch Gaelic1763
Scottish Gaelic1800
1753 J. Smith in A. Macfarlane tr. Laoidhe 5 (advt.) in tr. Sailm Dhaibhidh The Synod having last Year recommended to Mr. Alexander Mac Farlain to translate into Scots Gallic, the Scripture Songs lately offered to the Consideration of Presbyteries.
1822 R. Jamieson in Lett. from Gentleman in North of Scotl. (ed. 5) i. 8 (note) The meaning of the name of this bird..is Celtic, and is still preserved in the Scots-Gaëlic and Irish, Rosan-ceol, the rose-music.
1897 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 18 49 This o of Scots Gaelic is of course long, as in Irish Gaelic, but Scots Gaelic very rarely makes use of the ‘accent’.
1940 Language 16 98 Modern Scots Gaelic says Nach 'eil Ceilp r' a deanamh?, literally ‘Isn't Ceilp at its doing?’
2002 Daily Mail (Nexis) 15 May 70 The indigenous languages of Celtic countries were split into two groups: P-Celtic languages derived from Brittonic..and the Q-Celtic languages of Irish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic and Manx.
B. adj.
= Scottish Gaelic adj.Scottish Gaelic is now the preferred term.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Celtic > Scottish
Erse1425
Irish1554
Scotch1633
Scots-Irish1652
Scotic1707
Scotch Gaelic1776
Scottish Gaelic1801
Scots Gaelic1820
1820 Glasgow Herald 18 Aug. The translations by Macpherson, the Scotsman, appear to be very imperfect: this is accounted for by the Scots Gaelic language having no character in which to preserve their poems they had borrowed from the sister country.
1905 Guth na Bliadhna Winter 12 The study of the Scots Gaelic language.
1977 Times 18 Feb. 13/4 The word ròcaile is one of a group of Scots Gaelic words derived from Old Scandinavian hróker.
2008 C. McCarthy Seamus Heaney & Medieval Poetry iv. 132 Contemporary Scots Gaelic culture includes features unimaginable in an Irish context, such as ceilidhs in British Legion halls and Free Presbyterians who worship in Gaelic.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1753
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