Erse

[ urs ]

noun
  1. Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.

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

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British Dictionary definitions for Erse

Erse

/ (ɜːs) /


noun
  1. another name for Irish Gaelic

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Irish Gaelic language

Origin of Erse

1
C14: from Lowland Scots Erisch Irish; Irish being regarded as the literary form of Gaelic

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