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tcair-rh,
.ghil,
Cairghios.
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cairicht*-,
tcairleacan,
oairoe
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i.m. Bosom friend. 2 Relation. 31 n.n. Abstain, forbear.
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Friendship. 4 notn.pl. of caraid (/or cairdean) cair-gh^al, -iln, o. White-foaming, as a wave,
ach, -eiche. o. Related, connected by g.f. t |
oatuing wave.
birth or marriage. 2 Friendly. 3 Kindly, ] -is, .m. see Carghus.
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favourable. Tha iad c. d' a rheTe, they are cairgneach, a. Knotty, having a rough surface.
r ' -'nted M each other ; do na h-uaisleau' thai ^au is cas chairgneach innte, a knife with
a deer-horn f/an He JM
thu c.. yon are related to the gentry.
achas, -ai.s, a m. see cairdeas.
alachd, s.f.ind. see cairdeas.
alas, see cairdeas.
cairdean, pi. of caraid. Friends, relations,
cousins. [In the snape of cousins, hail.*]
Cairdean, 'inic an da pheathar, cousins, the
atnlta of tll'n S'Ste.-S-
.-, -eis. s.m. Relationship. 2 Friendship.
3 Kindness. 4 Fellowship, friendliness. 5
r.-n^volence, goodwill. 6**Alliance, as of
states. CAirdeas is coraain is eolas, relations''^}),
obligation, acijtia,i.ianceship ami Ta
formula to regulate funeral invitations. The
"coinain," or obligation, is really an act
of courtesy you invite those who on similar
occasions have invited you J ; comh
ihaltas gu ceud is cairdeas gu tie-head, fos-
cairich, pr.part. a' caradh, v.a. Repair, mend.
L Order. 3 Affix. 4 Lay to one's charge. 5
Aver. 6 Soothe. 7 Place. [The meanings
"8 Cajole. 9 Inter, bury. 10**Raise a monumental
inound," as given in the dictionaries
do not apply to cuifch used by itself, but to
its meanings in conjunction with other words
in the context where it occurs. this remark
applies tu many words besides cairich.] Air
a char.idh, mended ; c. an altair, repair th
altar ; na c. am peacadh oirnn, lay not their
7W to our charge ; c. r' an taobh e, place it
beside them ; c. air falbh e, cajole him away;
chairich iad 'san uaigh e, they laid him in
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the grave'.; chairich mi orra, / set out (on the
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, journey) resolutely and unjlinchingly.
a. & past part, of cairich. Repaired,
terahip tn a hundred, blood-relation to twenty mended. 2 Ordered.
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cairid, see caraid.
cairidh, -ean, s.f. Mound or wall thrown across
the estuary of a river, stream, or arm of the
sea, to catch fish. 2 Weir. 3 Tomb. C. a
charadh an eisg, a weir to deceive the fish ;
thu4 pailteas lamh gu cairidh e, a suflci'
ency of hands bore him to the tomb.
[The closr-ness of relationship estab-
>y fosterage among the Celts is almost
without parallel, and this is one of the
strongest expressions of Highland opinion on
this poinr.] Cairdeas fola, blood-relationship;
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