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Scottish Gaelic

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Scottish Gaelic
cam[kʰaum]
adj
Something that is bent or not straight. It can also describe a person who is one-eyed or someone who is being tricky or dishonest.

“Tha an t-slighe seo glè cham.”

This path is very crooked.

Also means
  1. crooked, askew
  2. one-eyed
  3. wry, deceitful, tricky
  4. crooked

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Scottish Gaelic
chamMeans cam
adj
This is the form that the word 'cam' takes after certain grammatical particles that cause lenition. It is not used as an independent word with a separate dictionary meaning.

“Cha robh an t-slighe cham a' cur dragh oirn.”

The bent/crooked path was not bothering us.

Also means
  1. lenited form of cam

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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