cearbach

-aiche, a Ragged, imperfect in dress. 2 Awkward, clumsy. 3 Not neat, not compact, untidy. 4* Unfortunate. 5 Afterwise. 6(MS) Artless. 7(MS) Inattentive, inadvertent. 8 Unready. Is cearbach nach robh thu an-seo, it is a pity you were not here; is cearbach an gnothach e, it is an unfortunate affair; cho cearbach ris a' chuileig a chaidh am bainne MhicCodruim, as awkward as the fly that went into MacCodrum's milk, [M. the Uist bard, while on a visit to some house, received one day for dinner a barley bannock and a very small quantity of milk. A fly happening to go into the bowl, M. took advantage of the incident to draw attention to the scarcity of the milk; "Tubaist ort, a chreutair chearbaich," ars' esan, "a dhol 'gad bhàthadh fhéin far am faodadh tu grunnachadh?" "plague on you, you awkward creature," said he, "to go and, drown yourself where you might easily have waded"; the host thereupon said "thoir an còrr bainne don duine," "give the man more milk," M. replied "tha dìol an arain a dh'annlann agam," "I have enough milk for the bread" — meaning I have very little bread either].

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