Erse

[ urs ]

/ ɜrs /

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noun

Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.

adjective

of or relating to Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.

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error correction, error message, error of closure, ers, ersatz, Erse, Ershad, Erskine, erst, erstwhile, ERT

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How to use Erse in a sentence

He never made the mistake into which two of his biographers have fallen of calling it 'Erse.'
George Borrow and His Circle|Clement King Shorter
And by that time he spoke the old tongue of his youth, and the Erse way of speaking was forgotten.
A Sea Queen's Sailing|Charles Whistler
This was the more marvellous, as she was yet but an infant, and could say few words even of Erse, the only tongue she had heard.
The Divine Adventure etc. (Works vol. 4)|Fiona Macleod
The Erse and the Gaelic tongues, you know, are very similar in construction, also the modern Welsh.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1|Elizabeth Bisland

It may be doubted if there would have been much loyalty taught to any government by the use of the Erse tongue.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 8 (of 8)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Erse

Erse

/ (ɜːs) /

noun

another name for Irish Gaelic

adjective

of or relating to the Irish Gaelic language

Word Origin for Erse

C14: from Lowland Scots Erisch Irish; Irish being regarded as the literary form of Gaelic

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