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cearn.

angle, corner

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/caːɾˠn̪ˠ/
  1. angle, corner

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish cern (“angle, corner”), from Old Irish cern, from Proto-Celtic *kernā (“angle, corner”).

noun/caːɾˠn̪ˠ/
  1. dish

    feminine · obsolete
  2. a drum-shaped vessel used for keeping carded wool to feed the spinning wheel

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish cern (“dish, receptacle”), from Old Irish cern (“dish”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *kernā (“angle, corner”).

noun/caːɾˠn̪ˠ/
  1. victory, triumph

    feminine · literary
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish cern, from Old Irish cern (“victory, triumph”).

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