Erse

American  

[urs] / ɜrs /

noun

1. Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.

Erse British  

/ ɜːs /

noun

1. another name for Irish Gaelic

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Irish Gaelic language

Etymology

Origin of Erse

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

Example Sentences

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Erse

Compounded of puns, disjointed syllables, half-words, it is closest to English, but Erse, Latin, Greek, Dutch, French, Sanskrit, even Esperanto appear, usually distorted to suggest both an alien and an English notion.

From Time Magazine Archive

O'Sullivan Og opened his mouth; he was on the point of interposing, but he thought better of it, and shrugged his shoulders, muttering something in the Erse.

From The Wild Geese by Weyman, Stanley John

—Is sept a word of Erse etymology; and, if not, of what other?

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Irish fairies talk Erse, and Welsh fairies sing in Welsh.

From A Fortunate Term by Brazil, Angela

He was the compiler of a polyglot dictionary in the Manx, Gaelic, and Erse languages.

From Curious Epitaphs by Various