priobadh
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish prapud (“a brief space”), from Old Irish brothad (“moment”).
Noun edit
priobadh m (genitive singular priobaidh, plural priobaidhean)
- verbal noun of priob
- act of winking or twinkling
- twinkle, wink, blink
- instant, moment
- ann am priobadh na sùla ― in a moment/in the wink of an eye
- glimpse
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “priobadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brothad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language