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Erse
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erse
English
Etymology
From en sco Erse Irish, from earlier sco Ersche, sco Ersch, a contraction of sco Erisch, sco Erische Irish, from en enm Erische, enm Irische, enm Irisch Irish. en Irish. Compare also sco Irisch.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Erse.wav Southern England
en ɜː(ɹ)s 1
Noun
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en dated sometimes offensive Either of the Gaelic languages of Ireland and Scotland.
en 1940 May G. W. J. Potter Tickets of the Great Southern Railways Railway Magazine 292 Two points which appeal to the writer are that the stations of origin and of destination are printed (in Erse and English) once only and then are summarised at the foot, [...]. [...] Clar Chloinne Mhuiris is the Erse original of Claremorris, and Dublin appears as Baile Atha Cliath.
en 1993 w:Eric Bogle Mirrors Plastic Paddy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDkzdx8QS1Q Now he's just sung in his mother tongue, the ancient Irish Erse, and cleared the pub completely by the forty-second verse!
Adjective
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en dated sometimes offensive Connected with Ireland or the Highlands of Scotland, or to the Gaelic languages spoken in those places.
References
Anagrams
en eers EERs REEs Rees SEER SERE eres rees rese seer sere
en Languages
Scots
Etymology
sco enm Irish, perhaps influenced by sco non írskr and its descendants.
Adjective
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Irish