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scar.

to sever, to tear asunder

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈskaɾˠ/
  1. to sever, to tear asunder

    transitive
  2. to separate, to part

    ambitransitive
  3. to spread

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish scaraid, from Proto-Celtic *skarati, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

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