gidheadh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Contraction of cia (“although”) + eadh (“it”).

Adverb

gidheadh

  1. (dated) nevertheless, nonetheless, however
    • Cànan nan Gàidheal, Murdo MacFarlane:
      Gidheadh, anns na h-Eileanan Siar, / Bi na claidheamh 's na sgiath'n ud dhòirn.

Synonyms

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gidheadh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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