suarach

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish súarrach, súairrech. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsˠuˑəɾˠəx/ === Adjective === suarach (genitive singular masculine suaraigh, genitive singular feminine suaraí, plural suaracha, comparative suaraí) paltry, petty, insignificant; mean, contemptible airy, frivolous ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== páipéar suarach m (“rag”) suarachán m (“petty, insignificant, person; mean, contemptible, person”) suarachas m (“pettiness, paltriness, insignificance; meanness, sordidness”) ==== Related terms ==== suaraigh (“demean”, transitive verb) suaraíocht f (“meanness, insignificance”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “suarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súarrach, súairrech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish súarrach, súairrech. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈs̪uəɾəx/; (Lewis) [ˈs̪ʊɔ̝̈ɾəx] === Adjective === suarach (comparative nas suaraiche, superlative as suaraiche) abject, base contemptible, degenerate, despised, mean, vile, petty Tha mi ga cur suarach. ― I despise her. indifferent ignoble inferior, negligible, shoddy, trashy, tawdry silly, trivial, unimportant, valueless ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bi suarach mu === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “suarach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN