Cam

Segundo algúns, un dos poucos acertos desta web vai ser esta entrada. Desde sempre, que eu lembre, camba, cambados e similares foi celta... Menos mal que acertei nun. Pero imos ver como é celta, segundo a miña versión:

cam2, m. (gs. caim, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Bend; bent, crooked, object. ~ iarainn, gaff. An ~ agus an díreach, the crooked and the straight. Chomh cam le ~ lúbáin, as crooked as a hook. Tá ~ reilige ann, he is club-footed. ~ teallaigh, ~ an iarta, ~ (na) luatha, sit-by-the-fire. ~ céacht = camchéachta. 2. Crookedness, fraud. An ~ a imirt ar dhuine, to play false with s.o. An té a bhfuil an ~ ann, he who is crooked by nature. Fear gan cham (gan chlaon), a straightforward man. Cor in aghaidh an chaim (agus ~ in aghaidh an choir), tit for tat.

cam3, a1. 1. Bent, crooked. Bata, bealach, ~, crooked stick, path. Cosa ~a, bandy legs. Duine ~, crooked person. Cleas ~, dishonest trick. Airgead ~, illgotten money. S.a. galar. Chomh ~ le tuar ceatha, as bent as a rainbow, arched forward. Chomh ~ le hadharc reithe, le cam lúbáin, le cos (deiridh) an mhadra, as crooked as a ram’s horn, as a pot-hook, as a dog’s (hind) leg; (of person) utterly dishonest. 2. Distorted, wrong. Tá an focal sin ~ agat, you have got that word wrong. Leithscéal ~, lame excuse. Bhí mé chomh ceart is a bhí mé ~, I was as much in the right as in the wrong.

cam4, v.t. & i. (pp. ~tha). Bend; crook, distort. Iarann a chamadh, to bend (an) iron. Do mhéar a chamadh, to crook one’s finger. Ga solais a chamadh, to refract a ray of light. Focal a chamadh, to twist a word, a statement. An fhírinne a chamadh, to distort the truth. Ná ~ do bhéal leis, don’t demean yourself by saying it.

Significado, xa que logo, torto, torcido, dobrado, camba e cambados empezan por torto, torcido, dobrado, pero seguen...