"turchair" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Verb

Forms: thurchair [past], turchairidh [future], turchairt [noun-from-verb]
Etymology: From Old Irish turchur. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|turchur}} Old Irish turchur Head templates: {{head|gd|verb|past|thurchair|future|turchairidh|verbal noun|turchairt}} turchair (past thurchair, future turchairidh, verbal noun turchairt)
  1. happen, chance Synonyms: tachair
    Sense id: en-turchair-gd-verb-vi2QRxI5 Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Old Irish turchur",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish turchur.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thurchair",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "turchairidh",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turchairt",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
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        {
          "english": "They happened to come home at the same time.",
          "text": "Thurchair dhaibh a thighinn dhachaigh aig an aon àm.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "who happened/chanced to be passing by.",
          "text": "a thurchair a bhith a' dol seachad",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "if we happen to be",
          "text": "nan turchradh dhuinn a bhith",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I chanced on it / I met him by chance.",
          "text": "Thurchair mi air.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "tachair"
        }
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish turchur.",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "turchairidh",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turchairt",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    }
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        {
          "english": "They happened to come home at the same time.",
          "text": "Thurchair dhaibh a thighinn dhachaigh aig an aon àm.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "who happened/chanced to be passing by.",
          "text": "a thurchair a bhith a' dol seachad",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "if we happen to be",
          "text": "nan turchradh dhuinn a bhith",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I chanced on it / I met him by chance.",
          "text": "Thurchair mi air.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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