# ceart
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /caɾˠt̪ˠ/, (Cois Fharraige) /cæɾˠt̪ˠ/, [cæːɾˠt̪ˠ]

### Adjective

ceart (genitive singular masculine cirt, genitive singular feminine cirte, plural cearta, comparative cirte)
* right, correct
* just, fair, rightful
* true, honest
* authentic

#### Declension

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

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “just, fair, rightful”): aincheart

#### Derived terms

* aincheart (“unjust”)
* ceart go leor (“all right”)
* ceartaigh (“to correct”)
* ceartchreideamh (“orthodoxy”)
* ceartchreidmheacht
* i gceart (“right”)
* neamhcheart (“incorrect”)

### Noun

ceart m (genitive singular cirt, nominative plural cearta)
* (law) a right
* justice
* truth, honesty

#### 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

* cion
* cóir
* cothrom
* teideal

#### Antonyms

* éigeart

#### Derived terms

* aincheart (“injustice”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 44, page 23
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 170
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 102, page 40
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 226, page 42

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /kʲʰarˠs̪t̪/, [kʲʰa(ɻ)ʂʈ]
* (Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, Skye, Wester Ross) IPA: /kʲʰɛrˠs̪t̪/, [kʲʰæ(ɻ)ʂt̪]
* (South Uist, Barra, Tiree) IPA: /kʲʰɛrˠs̪t̪/, [kʲʰæs̪ˠt̪]
* (Islay, Gigha, Kintyre, Arran) IPA: /kʲʰɛrˠt̪/

### Noun

ceart m (genitive singular ceirt, plural ceartan)
* right

### Adjective

ceart (genitive singular masculine ceirt, genitive singular feminine ceirte, nominative plural cearta, comparative ceirte)
* accurate, correct, right (as opposed to incorrect), true, even-handed
* right (as opposed to left)
* honest, proper
* just, upright, fair, in order, same
* very

#### Synonyms

* (not left): deas

#### Antonyms

* ceàrr
* mì-cheart
* (antonym(s) of “not left”): clì

#### Derived terms

* a cheart cho (“just as”)
* a cheart cho math (“as well, to the same effect”)
* ceàrn ceart (“right angle”)
* ceart gu leòr (“okay”)
* cuir ceart (“correct”, verb)
* mì-cheart (“incorrect”)
* os-cheart (“hypercorrect”)
* os-cheartachadh (“hypercorrectness”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### 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
* 1 2 3 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
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Seumas Grannd (2000) The Gaelic of Islay: A Comparative Study‎, Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISBN