carson
See also: Carson
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- c’arson, c’airson, car son
Etymology
Contraction of cé/cia (“who(m)”) + air (“for”) + son (“sake”), literally “for the sake of whom?”. See also airson.
Pronunciation
- (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /kʰɔrˠˈs̪ɔn/[1], [kʰɔˈʂɔn][2] ~ [ɡ̊ɔˈʂɔn][3], (also reduced to c’on) /ˈkʰɔn/
- (South Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /kʰarˠˈs̪ɔn/[4], [kʰaˈs̪ˠɔ̝n][5]
Usage notes
The stress of this word is on the second syllable, which is unusual in Scottish Gaelic. This is due to the word being formed from a compound, which is now merely written as a single word - an orthographic choice with no hyphenation.
Adverb
carson (followed by an indirect relative clause)
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, pages 259, 261
- ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 818
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, pages 52, 103
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, pages 151, 188