coimpiutair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English computer, with influence from the agent suffix -air.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰəmˈpʰjutʰəɾʲ/

Noun

coimpiutair m (genitive singular coimpiutair, plural compiutairean)

1. computer

Derived terms

• coimpiutair pearsanta (“personal computer”)
• coimpiutair-uchd (“laptop”)
• dealbhadh la taic-choimpiutair (“computer-aided design”)
• siostam-coimpiutair (“computer system”)
• tuisleadh coimpiutair (“computer crash”)
• coimpiutaireach (“computational, relating to computers”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
coimpiutair	choimpiutair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.